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.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

PILOTS AND BOMBER CREWS FROM SCHUYLKILL PART 2

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A-26 Invader Completed Tour of Duty with 65 Combat Missions Pottsville Journal, February 1945 First Lieutenant James Madenffort, 26, Pottsvi...

Sunday, March 23, 2008

PILOTS AND AIRCREW FROM SCHUYLKILL COUNTY DURING WORLD WAR 2

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PILOTS AND AIRCREW fROM SCHUYLKILL COUNTY WW2 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress While doing some research at the Schuylkill County Historical Soci...

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Monday, March 10, 2008

Captain Henry A Smith Indian Fighter

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Captain Henry A Smith National Indian War Veteran. This is Henry A. Smith as a Private in the 1st U.S. Artillery. He is in his full dress un...

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Schuylkill Countians in the War on Terror Part 2

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A new method of GI art, called "Barrier Art". In Vietnam we drew pictures on our Hats flight Helmets and Helmet covers. Now on Cem...

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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. .

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