City of Utica WW II Service Medal

The City of Utica WW II Service Medal was awarded to residents of the Utica, New York that particapated in the Second World War.



Click here to read the newspaper article from the Utica Daily Press announcing the welcome home parade for the returning troops.
Click here to read the newspaper article from the Utica Daily Press describing the parade and related events.


A special thanks to Ron Bednarczyk for obtaining these articles for me and to Bob Quist at the Utica Public Library for researching the original articles. These articles were copied from the Utica Daily Press articles of Tuesday, Aug 6, 1946 and Thursday, Aug 15, 1946. Errors in grammar and spelling are as they appeared in the original articles.