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🗓 ON THIS DAY//JUNE 3, 1921: The 1191st Engineer Company is organized in Portsmouth, Ohio as Battery C, 135th Field Arti...
06/03/2026

🗓 ON THIS DAY//JUNE 3, 1921: The 1191st Engineer Company is organized in Portsmouth, Ohio as Battery C, 135th Field Artillery. The unit served on New Guinea as elements of the 134th Field Artillery Battalion during World War II. In 1959, the unit converted to engineers and deployed to Iraq in 2004 as Company B, 216th Engineer Battalion, where it earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation. Following the unit’s 2007 reorganization as the 1191st, it has deployed once to Afghanistan. In this June 2016 photo, Sgt. John Musholt, a squad leader with the 1191st Engineer Company, gets guidance from the seat of a tractorized dozer at a parking lot construction site for the Unit Training Equipment Site (UTES) facility at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center near Newton Falls, Ohio.

This month in Ohio National Guard history, June 2026:https://ong.ohio.gov/about-us/history/publications/2026/2026-06-01_...
06/02/2026

This month in Ohio National Guard history, June 2026:

https://ong.ohio.gov/about-us/history/publications/2026/2026-06-01_ohng-attic.pdf

Soldiers from Company D, 148th Infantry conduct annual training at Camp Atterbury, Ind. in 1950; in Through the Lens, members of the 220th Engineering Installation Squadron compete in the EI Shootout at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. in June 1989; in Week in Review, the Battle of Philippi, Va. occurs in June 1861, marking the first battle for Ohio units in the Civil War; and In their Own Words recalls the arrival of 37th Infantry Division troops in New Zealand in June 1941 during World War II.

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121st Air Refueling Wing | 178th Wing | 179th Cyberspace Wing | 180th Fighter Wing | 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 16th Engineer Brigade | 174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade | 73rd Troop Command

🗓 ON THIS DAY//JUNE 1, 1973: The 121st, 178th and 180th Security Forces Squadrons are organized as the 121st, 178th and ...
06/01/2026

🗓 ON THIS DAY//JUNE 1, 1973: The 121st, 178th and 180th Security Forces Squadrons are organized as the 121st, 178th and 180th Weapons System Security Flights. The security forces squadrons are responsible to protect, defend, and fight to enable U.S. Air Force, Joint, and Coalition mission success. Not only are they responsible for installation law and discipline enforcement, but Security Forces are the Air Force’s base defense and ground combat force. In this 1996 photo, Master Sgt. Ken Griffis, a security police officer with the 121st Air Refueling Wing, was one of the over 1,500 Ohio Army and Air National Guardsmen who made up the massive DoD Task Force that supported the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga.

🗓 ON THIS DAY//JUNE 1, 1944: The 122nd Army Band is organized on Bougainville Island in the Pacific as the 37th Infantry...
06/01/2026

🗓 ON THIS DAY//JUNE 1, 1944: The 122nd Army Band is organized on Bougainville Island in the Pacific as the 37th Infantry Division Band, with personnel from the 145th Infantry and 37th Division Artillery Bands of the Ohio National Guard and 129th Infantry Band of the Illinois National Guard. When the 37th ID’s colors were cased in 1968, the band reorganized as the 122d Army Band and continues to perform as one of the top National Guard bands in the U.S. In this photo, Spc. Clark sings during a performance of the 122d Army Band, circa 1980.

🎖 HALL OF VALOR//MAY 31, 2009: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918...
05/31/2026

🎖 HALL OF VALOR//MAY 31, 2009: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant First Class Mark A. Wanner, United States Army, for gallantry in in action on 31 May 2009, while serving as Senior Medical Sergeant, Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha-9224, Special Operations Task Force-92, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. After his detachment engaged a numerically superior, heavily armed enemy force, Sergeant First Class Wanner acted with complete disregard for his own personal safety by moving into an exposed position to render emergency aid. After noticing that a teammate was grievously injured and laying perilously close to an enemy position, he crossed open terrain in order to move his follow Soldier closer to safety. After the Soldier collapsed due to the severity of his wounds, Sergeant First Class Wanner refused to abandon his teammate, remaining in the exposed position as enemy fire impacted all around him. Using his own body as a shield to prevent further harm to his fellow Soldier, he coordinated the detachment’s suppressing fire until there was enough of a lull in enemy activity to allow him to carry his wounded teammate to the medical evacuation site. His selfless conduct while under heavy enemy fire saved the life of a teammate and is an example for all Soldiers to follow. Sergeant First Class Wanner’s heroic actions are in keeping with the finest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the Special Operations Command Central, and the United States Army.

📷 THROUGH THE LENS//MAY 31, 1948: The 112th Engineer Battalion marches in the Cleveland Memorial Day parade near the Hot...
05/31/2026

📷 THROUGH THE LENS//MAY 31, 1948: The 112th Engineer Battalion marches in the Cleveland Memorial Day parade near the Hotel Statler at the corner of Euclid and East 12th Street.

🔍 CONNECTING TO THE COLLECTIONS//FAREWELL CERTIFICATE, LT. COL. VERNON HYDAKER, 148TH INFANTRY.On May 30, 1944, in the j...
05/30/2026

🔍 CONNECTING TO THE COLLECTIONS//FAREWELL CERTIFICATE, LT. COL. VERNON HYDAKER, 148TH INFANTRY.

On May 30, 1944, in the jungles of Bougainville, officers from the 148th Infantry gathered for a farewell dinner in honor of Lt. Col. Vernon F. Hydaker and Chief Warrant Officer Lewis G. Bailey. Both officers were preparing for their return to the United States after serving in the Pacific since May 1942.

Hydaker, a native of Spencerville, first enlisted in his hometown prior to World War I. He commanded the 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry during the fighting on New Georgia and was the regiment’s executive officer when he returned home. This certificate was presented to Hydaker by the officers of the 1st Battalion at the dinner. A portion of it reads:

“Your motto has always been: “Make the First Battalion First. In our long period of training, you inspired us to make that motto good. In our intense, fierce hours of actual combat, you led your men to victory. When the chips were down, you have reaffirmed our battalion creed. Now you are leaving. You lived that motto and made your battalion first in your heart and in your body. You gave us too much of yourself, and the doctors have ordered a richly deserved rest.

You, Colonel, can never depart from the First Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment. Your ideals and traditions belong to us. We pledge to you that Hydaker’s First Battalion will continue to be first, in everything, and we want you to know that Lt. Col. Hydaker, himself, will have a first priority in our hearts and thoughts...always.”

📷 THROUGH THE LENS//MAY 29, 1992: Tech. Sgt. James Jenkins, from the 160th Civil Engineering Squadron, uses a chainsaw t...
05/29/2026

📷 THROUGH THE LENS//MAY 29, 1992: Tech. Sgt. James Jenkins, from the 160th Civil Engineering Squadron, uses a chainsaw to cut a piece of lumber during the building of the Discovery Playground in Dublin, Ohio.

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