The Rotary Club of Enfield is honoring Enfield’s veterans by sponsoring military tribute banners that will be displayed in Higgins Park, the Town Green, Freshwater Walkway, North Main Street and Hazardville between Memorial Day and Veterans Day in 2026 and 2027. The Enfield Public Library partnered with Enfield Rotary to preserve digital versions of these banners as well as biographical information about each veteran.
Delphis A. Bousquet
United States navy 1953-1957
korean war era
yeoman
uss hornet cva-12
Delphis A. Bousquet served in the United States Navy from 1953 until his honorable discharge in 1957. After training at the Quonset Point Naval Air Station, he spent his proudest moments of his military career on the USS Hornet CVA-12 aircraft carrier as a Yeoman. During its Far East Cruise (May – December, 1955) the carrier departed from San Diego and made stops in the Honolulu Hawaii, Yokosuka Japan, Okinawa Japan, Hong Kong China, Keelung Taiwan, Sasebo Japan, and Iwakuni Japan. The Hornet and its crew travelled a total of 50,576 miles.
