Minonk's past
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A look at Minonk's past |
Minonk High School Memorial 1919
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| John Underwood attended Minonk High School in 1914 and enlisted in May, 1918, at Bloomington, ILL. He was sent to Jefferson Barracks and was moved to Camp Johnston, Florida, May 15. There, after a few weeks of training, he had his choice of driving a truck around camp or fitting himself for an army butcher. He completed his course as meat carver and was sent overseas July 1 and, landed in France July 13. He was sent to a camp at Romantina in central France and went in active service with, the A.E.F. in August in the Toul Section around Cambri and Lille. When last heard from he was in Coblenz, Germany, with the army of occupation, and doing his best to hold the Germans down. |
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| Oliver L. Parks attended Minonk High School from 1913 to 1917, graduating with the class of 1917. June 10, 1917, his eighteenth birthday, he enlisted at Chicago in the U.S. Marines. After three months' training at Paris Island he was sent to the Dominican Republic and remained there ten months. This Republic was inhabited by savages and Oliver had many exciting experiences. He returned to Minonk for a 36-hour furlough and soon after he went to France landing at Brest, September 26. His entire regiment volunteered to take care of the sick for which service they received honorable mention. Oliver is not yet discharged |
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