From WOOD COUNTY MUSEUM
The Wood County Museum will host Retired Sergeant 1st Class Joshua Mann for his talk about the 148th Infantry Regiment on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 6 p.m. at the Wood County Museum, 13660 County Home Road. Admission will be $7 per person or free for museum members. The price includes the talk, light refreshments, and a tour of the museum’s exhibits. This talk is the third of four in the Wood County Museum’s WWII Lecture Series
Mann’s talk will share the story of the 148th Infantry Regiment. The regiment was an Ohio National Guard unit that was based in various northwest Ohio communities, including Bowling Green’s Company F. During WWII, the regiment spent five years in active service and amassed 592 days in combat in the South Pacific. The regiment earned the Presidential Unit Citation for its part in the liberation of the Philippines in 1945 and six members of the regiment earned the Medal of Honor. This talk will provide an opportunity to learn about these citizen-soldiers’ heroic contributions during WWII.
Mann has served as the Ohio National Guard historian since April 2004. A native of Fostoria, he enlisted in the Ohio Army National Guard in March 1995 as a cavalry scout and retired on April 1, 2025, after 30 years in the Army. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry for nine years, which included a mobilization in support of Operation Noble Eagle. Mann was appointed to the Ohio Civil War 150 Committee, Ohio War of 1812 Centennial Committee, and served on the historian team for the U.S. Army World War I centennial programs in France and Belgium in 2018.
To make reservations, visit woodcountyhistory.org or call 419-352-0967.
