Penn State in the world war . s placed in Company I, 320th Infan-try, 80th Division, and later transferred to the Medical Department, 320thInfantry, Camp Lee. He arrived in France June 10, 1918, and participated inthe St. Mihiel and Argonne drives. During the Argonne drive Marsh waswounded. He returned to the United States, May 30, 1919, and was dis-charged June 7, 1919. MARTIN, JAMES A., JR., entered the service at Camp Lee, Va., Sep-tember 4, 1917, in the Engineer Corps, and was commissioned second lieu-tenant March 13, 1918. He served with the 305th Engineers from April 1,1918, to January 1
Penn State in the world war . s placed in Company I, 320th Infan-try, 80th Division, and later transferred to the Medical Department, 320thInfantry, Camp Lee. He arrived in France June 10, 1918, and participated inthe St. Mihiel and Argonne drives. During the Argonne drive Marsh waswounded. He returned to the United States, May 30, 1919, and was dis-charged June 7, 1919. MARTIN, JAMES A., JR., entered the service at Camp Lee, Va., Sep-tember 4, 1917, in the Engineer Corps, and was commissioned second lieu-tenant March 13, 1918. He served with the 305th Engineers from April 1,1918, to January 1, 1919, and with the 108th Engineers from January 1 toJune 19, 1919. Lieutenant Martin participated in the following drives:Somme, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne. He was discharged June 19, 1919. MATISKO, MICHAEL, JR., enlisted in the U. S. Navy December 4,1916, and was given a medical discharge July 20, 1917. Unable to enter otherbranches of the service on account of his previous medical discharge Matisko Page Three Sixty-two. Penn State in the Vorld ^War sought the first opportunity to join the fighting forces in Europe. As aresult, he joined the First Cecho-Slovak Division, 23rd French Chausseurs,Headquarters Company, and landed at Bordeaux in July, 1918. This com-pany was known as the Blue Devil Volunteers, and was trained at St. was in training at the officers school at this place, and was promotedto corporal November 2, and sergeant of infantry December 4, 1918. Hewas at one time with the telephone section and at another time with the signalsection. On January 4 Matisko crossed the Italian border with the Cecho-Slovak troops, and thence to Cechy, reaching Cesky Herslak January 14,1919. On June 1 Matisko participated in the engagement between the Cecho-Slovak troops and the Magyars at Nove Zamky. After much mutiny amongthe Magyar troops composed of many nationalities with German officers,there was a splitting up of the soldiers, and the Bolsheviks fought amo
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