Naugatuck in Naugatuck Valley Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

Rubber Shoe Employees World War I Memorial

Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 5, 2015

1. Rubber Shoe Employees World War I Memorial

Inscription. In Honor Of
The Employees Of
Goodyear’s Metallic Rubber Shoe
Company
Who At The Call Of Their Country
Laid Aside Their Vocations And Entered
The Service To Fight In The Great War
For World-Wide Liberty
1917 – 1919 Samuel W.K. Allen • Joseph Alleghyni • Frank Affhauser • Luigi Amico • John Adinas • Edmund Bowler • Jacob Bober • Oscar Brychta • Thomas Brooder • Daniel Boyle • Peter Brennan • Jenness W. Brown • Edward Butler • Everett C. Coleman • Petrio Calari • John Cullinane • John Cudnevitz • Harry Classey • Andrew De Bold • Joseph De Propso • Ludwig Duliepski • John Dermody • Richard Durkin • Frank Dillon • Raymond Erricson • Patrick Falvey • Raymond L. Forbes • Frederick Frank • Charles Gibiino • Harold L. Goodwin • Walter D. Goodwin • Alfred C. Greene • Stanley Gridowski • Eugene Gladding • Willard Hicks • Seymour Hadaway • Joseph Heimers • Torsten W. Johnson • J.H. Edward Johnson • Robert F. Joyce • George Joannioes • Frank Koslofski • Michael Kenney • Anthony Klustis • George V. Lawson • Charles Lozes • Dominic Mortikites • Eugene Murphy • Thomas P. Murtha • Richard Mayer • Felix Nardiello • David E. Ostrom • Carl W. Olson • Leroy E. Olson • William C. Painter • Casimer Posilla • Stanley Rikowski • William Ryboski • Charles A. Resz • William T. Rodenbach • James Reed

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• Edward Rikisky • Clarence W. Ripp • Albert Sumpf • Joseph Seviderski • John Switzis • Daniel P. Sulzer • Emil L. Stormvall • Frank D. Smith • Peter Sacles • Anthony Sibulski • Thomas Trestrail • Frank C. Trestrail • William R. Todd • Constanti Uricati • John Wrinn • John Whalen • Walter Ziems In Memory Of
Those Who Gave Their Lives
To This Great Cause
Torsten W. Johnson
George V. Lawson
Stanley Rikowski

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 41° 29.251′ N, 73° 3.77′ W. Memorial is in Naugatuck in Naugatuck Valley Region, Connecticut. It is at the intersection of Rubber Avenue and Andrew Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Rubber Avenue. Located on the V.F.W. Crusader Post 1964 building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 239 Rubber Avenue, Naugatuck CT 06770, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Connecticut River Valley,

on the Connecticut Shoreline,

and in Greater New Haven.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Haven County

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rubber Glove Employees World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); Naugatuck Great War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Naugatuck Soldiers' Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Naugatuck Veterans Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away); Naugatuck (approx. 0.4 miles away); American Legion Post No 17 World War II Memorial

A World War II 75mm Pack Howitzer Stands In Front Of The Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 5, 2015

2. A World War II 75mm Pack Howitzer Stands In Front Of The Markers

(marker is in the center)

(approx. 0.6 miles away); Beacon Falls Veterans Monument (approx. 2.9 miles away); Beacon Falls (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Naugatuck.

Another marker is no longer nearby. United States Rubber Employees World War I Memorial (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed).

Stone in front of the Howitzer image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 5, 2015

3. Stone in front of the Howitzer

Dedicated To
Deceased Comrades
Of Post 1946 V.F.W.
1981

Gift Of The Ladies Aux.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 8, 2015, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 629 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 8, 2015, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.