Today, Oct. 24th, is the 76th Anniversary when men from Company F 108th Infantry departed from the Medina Armory on Pearl Street for active duty training. They marched to the railroad station after being mustered into Federal Service by President Roosevelt. Imagine the emotions as Medina bid farewell to the Boys of Company …
On Oct. 14, 2008, the dedication of the Co. F Monument took place on the lawn of the Armory after two years of planning, raising funds and building. Phase I is now complete. The project, the brainchild of William Menz, who organized the committee and started fund raising to erect a …
Pvt. John Tarasuk was seriously wounded in action in the Pacific area. Pvt. Tarasuk joined Co. F, 108th Inf. in Medina in late 1940. The report of his injury was the second casualty to be listed among the original members of Co. F. Pvt. Herbert Tanner of Yates was killed in action four …
Pfc. Glenn Stewart, 20, was wounded in action on Luzon, 9 February 1945. He was struck on the left side of his nose and the bullet lodged in his left cheek. The youngest member of Company F 108th Infantry to leave with the contingent in Oct. 1940, Pfc. Stewart passed his …
A member of Co. F, 108th Inf., Staff Sergeant Clark returned from duty in Hawaii in April 1943. Again sent overseas, he landed in Italy early in February 1944, and was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, seeing action at the Anzio Beachhead. SSG Clark was killed in action in France …
2Lt Kenyon graduated from Medina High School, class of 1938. Lieutenant Kenyon left Medina with Co. F and returned to attend Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning Ga., receiving his commission in April 1943. He had served in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands for twenty months prior to losing an arm …
A member of Co. F for a number of years, Pfc. O’Brien a member of the famed 77th Division was killed on Leyte Island in the Philippines on 14 December 1945. A graduate of St. Mary’s School and attended Medina High School, he held the Expert Infantryman’s Badge and Combat …
1Lt. Thomas Morian, who left with Co. F and later returned to attend Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga. was sent to France in May 1944, where he was wounded in action and awarded the Purple Heart. His brother, Sgt. Leon Morien a member of Co. F, 108th Inf. …
Capt. Swiatek left Medina as a member of Co. F, 108th Inf. and received his commision as a second lieutenant in Nov. 1942. He was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star w/oak leaf cluster, Purple Heart w/ two oak leaf clusters, European Theatre Ribbon with two campaign stars, the Bronze arrowhead, …
Leo was a member of Co. F, 108th Inf. for three years prior to his enlistment in the Army Air Corp on 1 Aug. 1939. He was captured while serving under Gen. Jonathan Wainwright in the Philippines. He died as a POW in a Japanese prison camp 28 May 1942. The Purple …
