BIOGRAPHIES: John T. MARINO, Cumberland, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Vic Gulickson 03 January 2004 ************************************************************************ John T. Marino, Cumberland barber, who fought in France with the famous First Division, A. E. F., is a native of this vicinity, born on a truck farm in Crystal Lake Township Dec. 15, 1894, and was there reared and educated. He left the farm in 1914, and after being variously employed for a year, started work for F. W. Peck, a Cumberland barber, with whom he remained until he entered the army. In June, 1919, he opened his present modern shop. It is called the White Way Shop and enjoys a good trade. Mr. Marino enlisted in Company F, 6th Infantry, Wisconsin National Guard, July 17, 1917, and trained at Camp McArthur. In October, 1917, he was transferred to Company K, 128 Infantry, with which organization he landed in France March 4, 1918. There he was transferred to Company A, 26th Infantry, First Division. He saw active service with his regiment and was injured during the Soissions offensive. After recovering from his wound, he was assigned to the morale service, and with a troop of entertainers visited different hospitals entertaining the wounded soldiers. He reached the United States March 25, 1919, and was discharged at Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill., April 8, 1919. He is a member of the Homer Anderson Post, No. 98, American Legion. Mr. Marino makes his home with his mother. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 305-306. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm