ENGINE 281 BROOKLYN ORG. 1210 Cortelyou Rd. (Mar. 20, 1913)
Bottom Row L-R: Arthur Darby, Pat Ward, Hank Clifford, George Murphy, Mike McGrath, Dave Deering, Gerry O'Donnell, Mike Irwin, Next Row L-R:Lesley Alvarez, Joe LaCorte, Robert Polacik, Roger Scott, Frank Pressure, Pete Brady, Dan Reddy, Frank Witkowski, Buddy Pantalaro, Joseph McGeary, Chris Dsecz, Dennis Quealy, Next Row L-R: Tom King, Steve Collins, Tom Petrizzo, Mike Finnegan, James Kelly, John Hegemann, William Johnson, Frank Vultaggio, Thomas Gavitt, William Gleason, Mark Morello, Top Row L-R: James Lunny, Kevin Cummings, Brian Foster, Edward Hughs, Joseph Richter, Robert Fraumeni, Robert Ryan, Anthony Srour, Chris King, Kenneth Klipp.
I am sending you two photos of my dad's first company, Engine 281The company school on 68th St. The members in the
photo are as follows; front row L-R Tom Holian, Jack (no last name given), Lt.
Charles VanVolkenberg, Lt. James McGrath, Capt. Carmello Cardillo, Lt. James
Casey (later to be Editor of Fire Engineering), Tommy Adams and Anton "Gus"
Fichtel. Back row L-R Dick O'Niell, Willie Wolf, Frank Noschese, Danny
Giorgio, Norman Clark, Walter "The Fox" Donohue, Fr. O'Niell, Freddie Feldman,
Sam Thompson, Ed Tuohy (my dad), John Bone and Dick O'Sullivan. The Photo donated by Ed Tuohy