World War II Honoree

Nicholas Panko

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Johnson City, New York

SERVED JUNE 26, 1945 TO FEBRUARY 1, 1947. TRAINED IN INFANTRY HEAVY WEAPONS AT CAMP CROFT, SOUTH CAROLINA. SHIPPED OVERSEAS TO NAPLES, THEN LIVORNO, ITALY WITH 249TH ORDNANCE BATTALION. NEXT, AS A TRAINED MEDIC, WENT TO NORTHEAST ITALY TO 88TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 313TH MEDICAL BATTALION ON THE BORDER OF YUGOSLAVIA. WAS PART OF THE UNITED NATIONS FORCES STABILIZING THE VENEZIA-JULIA TERRITORY UNDER CONTENTION WITH MARSHALL TITO BEFORE A PEACE TREATY WITH ITALY WAS AGREED UPON AND SIGNED.