Schuylkill County Pennsylvania Military History

A Military History of The Men and Women Who Came From or Lived in Schuylkill County Pa. And Served This Country From The French And Indian War to The War on Terror.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

I Wish You All A Merry Christmas @ A New Blog

›
Well I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. And most of all remember our men and women in the military who are serving overseas and here...
Monday, December 10, 2007

A Tribute to The Mules Who Served

›
The Army Mule The Most Inglorious Veteran of the War I wanted to share this little article with everybody, it has nothing to due with a part...
Thursday, December 6, 2007

A One Of A Kind Soldier Letter From The Civil War

›
When doing military history research you always hope you come across a great find, well here is one a truly wonderful letter written by the ...
Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Where Do We Get Such Men Part 3

›
The Vosges Mountains are located in the northeast portion of France. Heavy fighting took place there in August and September of 1944. The fi...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
Stu Richards
My interests are Aviation, military history, Early Baseball and anthracite coal mining. My interest in military history deals with what the common soldier, sailor, marine and airman experienced during peace time or war.I enjoy old aircraft their systems, equipment and operations. I have published four books two on military history. "Pennsylvanian Voices of the Great War".McFarland Press and "The History of Company C 50th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry, from the camp, battlefield and the prison pen, " The History Press. My coal mining books include, "Early Coal Mining in the Anthracite Region," Arcadia Press and "Death in the Mines", The History Press. I served for four years in the USAF as an aircraft mechanic working on many different types of aircraft. I served for 13 months in Vietnam while working and flying on the C7A Caribou. I also worked as an Air Traffic Controller in the PANG. I started my work career after the military as an aircraft mechanic for the US Gov't working on Ch-47, OH-6, OH-58 U-8 and U8-F aircraft. .
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.