Wozniak, John C., 1912-1999
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Wozniak, John C., 1912-1999
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John C. Wozniak (1912-1999) was born in McKeesport (Pennsylvania).
When he was a baby, his family bought a farm in Plover (Wisconsin) after his father lost an eye in a steel mill accident. Wozniak grew up speaking Polish and graduated from Stevens Point High School in 1929. In the prewar years, he began a career at First National Bank in Stevens Point (Wisconsin) and got married in 1941. His wife worked for an insurance company during the war (which helped them build a house later, in 1947). In 1943, the twenty-nine year old Wozniak was assigned to 437th Military Police Escort Guard Company attached to Patton's 3rd Army. He served as Company Clerk in France and Germany and participated in the D-Day Invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, the Invasion of Germany, and the liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp. In November 1945, Wozniak was discharged after thirty-two months of service. Postwar, he returned to his job at First National Bank where he worked until his retirement in 1977. Wozniak was an active member of the VFW, DAV, and the American Legion. He and his wife raised five sons, two of whom were also veterans.
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Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945
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