John J. Tominac

Colonel Tominac was the commander of the 2nd Infantry Division Support Command during my time in Korea.  He had an aviation battalion, medical battalion, transportation battalion, and an infantry battalion under his command.  We worked one year in the same Quonset hut during the day and the door to his office was about 15 feet from my desk.  My area had an outside door but no inside door, only an opening.  Past the opening a few feet was the door to his office.  There were 23 officers and about 10 enlisted people that worked in Support Command headquarters.  I worked in the S-1 (Personnel) Division of the headquarters. I was the Specialist fifth class (Spec 5) clerk for S-1.  My immediate supervisor was 1st Lieutenant William J. Sales from Delaware.  His desk was approximately 3 feet from mine.  We started work at 7:30 am and ended the day at 5:30 pm, except Saturday which was from 7:30 am until 12:30 pm.  Colonel Tominac required that we start work a half hour before any of our units and work a half hour longer so we were always available to them.  There were some occasions that I worked well into the night so that the duty driver could take the paper work to Division headquarters the next morning. 

Occasionally,  Colonel Tominac would ask me to do special things for him (officer evaluations, for example) that he did not want anyone else to see.  He would bring it directly to my desk, explain it, ask me not to show it to anyone or talk about it, and then take it directly to  him when finished.  I was a worker bee and pushed mounds of paper work during my 14 months and one week in Korea.

Colonel Tominac won the Congressional Medial of Honor in World War II.

John J. Tominac	John J. Tominac and Beauford Anderson	Signed picture for sale
Colonel Tominac's Story
Congressional Medal Honor Winner	Colonel Tominac's handwriting	Apparently someone is selling his autograph
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Colonel John Joseph Tominac	Colonel Tominac - the citation	Arlington National Cemetery
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Slide #157 Seoul, Korea - USO Club in Seoul Jenk Stephenson with Colonel John J Tominac and Larry Davenport Christmas Day - December 25, 1969	While listening to the audio book, Against All Odds, by Alex Kershaw, I heard two instances concerning Colonel Tominac	Command Sign at Camp Ross, Korea Jenk Stephenson May 1970
Camp Ross Korea Jenk Stephenson May 1970