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Company B, 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment
MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMAND: 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
HOME STATION: Akron
PARENT UNIT
Akron City Guard
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH
4 December 1875, Akron, Ohio
MISSION
To close with and destroy enemy forces using fire, maneuver and shock effect, or to repel his assault by fire and counterattack.
CAMPAIGN CREDIT
War with Spain
Santiago
World War I
Ypres-Lys, Meuse-Argonne, Lorraine 1918
World War II
Northern Solomons, Luzon (with arrowhead)
War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism;
Iraq: Transition of Iraq, Iraqi Governance
DECORATIONS
Philippine Presidential Unit citation
17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
1890 ~ Noncommissioned officers, Company B, 8th Infantry Regiment, circa 1890.
1915 ~ Company B, 8th Infantry Regiment.
1918 ~ Company B, 146th Infantry on parade in Montgomery, Ala.
1934 ~ Company I, 145th Infantry, Camp Perry, Ohio.
1944 ~ 3rd Squad, 1st Platoon, Company I, 145th Infantry, Bougainville, November.
1952 ~ Cpl. Martin Freeman (left), checks hot dogs while Pvt. Eugene Marschauser adds salt to the potatoes that will be served to the troops when they return from a training patrol July 7, 1952, at Camp Polk, La. These men were members of Company I, 145th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division.
1965 ~ Company A, 3rd Battalion, 145th Infantry, Camp Grayling, Mich.
1985 ~ Pfc. Eric Korbel "invites" the men of Troop I, 3rd Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry to rise and shine…in the dark of the morning during annual training at Camp Grayling, Mich.
2004 ~ Capt. Jonathan Stewart (right), commander of Company C, 1st Battalion, 107th Cavalry, meets with city council members in As Sa Diyah, Iraq.
2011 ~ Pvt. Cody Steward of Company C, 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment smiles as he prepares to drive the M1A1 Abrams main battle tank during training exercises Oct. 22, 2011, at Camp Ravenna Joint Maneuver Training Center in northeast Ohio.
Photos from Ohio Army National Guard Historical Collections