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Adrian Community Education
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United Co-Op
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Sailor Plastics
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56110-0309 Adrian -
Dingmann Funeral Home & Cremation Services
Distance: 0.3 MiPO Box 250, 109 E 7th St
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SilkSpecialties.com
Distance: 7.3 MiPO Box 81
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Description
Henry and Joe Berning, sons of Gerhart and Josephine of Lismore were two of those men. The brothers entered military service on July 22nd, 1918. The men travelled to Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina for boot camp and further training. They were assigned to L Company of the 3rd Pioneer Infantry. The 3rd Pioneer Infantry departed for the war in Europe on August 27th, 1918. As soldiers in the Pioneer Infantry, Henry and Joe were not on the front lines. At the time, the Pioneer Infantry units were formed as support units, not direct combat infantry units.