{"id":462,"date":"2006-08-05T22:18:43","date_gmt":"2006-08-06T05:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/05\/the-honorable-discharge-of-john-jwanauski\/"},"modified":"2016-05-22T16:20:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T23:20:21","slug":"the-honorable-discharge-of-john-jwanauski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/462","title":{"rendered":"The Honorable Discharge of John Jwanauski"},"content":{"rendered":"

I planned to publish photos from the area of France where John Jwanauski served during World War I, but I’m waiting to obtain permission from the person who took the photographs I’d like to publish.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I’ve had a busy couple of days .\u00a0 Yesterday, the company for which I work held its Summer Picnic .\u00a0 I’m still nursing bruises from the Tug of War (my team won our first round, but was eliminated in the second round) .\u00a0 Last night, I had problems posting\u00c2\u00a0to my blog and I had to\u00c2\u00a0delete the post I published and start over .\u00a0 I didn’t finish that job until this morning .\u00a0 Finally, I spent today at Word Camp 2006, a day-long series of discussions on Word Press (the application\u00c2\u00a0I use to publish this blog) .\u00a0 Tonight, as I write this, the Word Press Party is underway at Pier 38 in San Francisco .\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I’m staying in tonight.<\/p>\n

So, tonight, I thought I’d present John Jwanauski’s Honorable Discharge Papers.<\/p>\n

\"Honorable<\/a><\/p>\n

Honorable Discharge Papers for John Jwanauski – 1919<\/em><\/p>\n

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the WW1 Honorable Discharge Papers for John Jwanauski – 1919<\/a> .\u00a0 The document is badly toned in places .\u00a0 As far as I can read, it says:<\/p>\n

Honorable Discharge from The United States Army
\nTO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
\nThis is to Certify That John Jwanauski
\n749891 Private [?] th Machine Gun Battalion
\natt. Dem. Group # [?]
\nTHE UNITED STATES ARMY, as a TESTIMONIAL OF HONEST AND FAITHFUL
\nSERVICE, is hereby HONORABLY DISCHARGED from the military service of the
\nUNITED STATES by reason of\u00c2\u00a0Demobilization per Cir .\u00a075 WD dated Nov 15\/18
\nSaid John Jwanauski 749891 was born
\nin Kovna, in the State of Russia
\nWhen enlisted he was 20 8\u00c2\u00a0years of age and by occupation a Laborer
\nHe had brown eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, and
\nwas 5 feet 7 inches in height.
\nGiven under my hand at Camp Devens, Mass this
\n28 day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
\nH. S. Cushing
\nMajor CAC USA
\nCommanding<\/p>\n

The record is stamped:<\/p>\n

\n

REC’D JUL 16 1926
\nAt 3 30 o’clock PM.
\nRecorded in Vol. 2 Page 62
\nNEW BRITAIN, CT. USA RECORDS
\nBy Alfred L. Thompson
\nTOWN CLERK<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

An annotation was made later:<\/p>\n

\n

War Department, AGO\u00c2\u00a0 15 January 1945.
\nSatisfactory evidence has been sub-
\nmitted to this Department showing that
\nthis soldier’s name was changed 3 November
\n1944, by order of a court of competent
\njurisdiction to John Michael Evans.
\n[signed] Buford [H.?] Dougherty
\nAdjutant General.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Some notes on this document:<\/p>\n