Title: Wisconsin National Guard, 32nd Division, 127th Infantry, Company K Records
Inclusive Dates: 1924
Inclusive Dates: 1937
Inclusive Dates: circa 1940

Creator:

• Wisconsin National Guard, 32nd Division, 127th Infantry, Company K

Call Number: Milwaukee SC 128

Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

A printed history (1874-1924), a Military May Dance program with a history and photographs (1937), and newsclippings (circa 1940), concerning Company K, originally named the Kosciuszko Guard, formed by Milwaukee Polish-Americans in 1874. The unit was designated Company B and then Company K after an 1898 reorganization.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-milsc0128

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Company K was organized in 1874 as the Kosciuszko Guard by Milwaukee Polish-Americans. As Company B (the second militia unit formed in Milwaukee), the unit mobilized but did not serve in the Spanish-American War. In 1898 the Wisconsin state guard was reorganized and the Company received the designation “K”. The unit was stationed on the U.S.-Mexican border in 1916, and saw service in World Wars I and II.

Researchers should also consult the papers of Phyllis Krukar, which include a list of the men in service with Co. K, 1940-1941, and a photo of Company officers, Camp Livingston, Louisiana, March 1941.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Pelagia Wojtczak, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1980. Accession Number: M81-47