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.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Dedicated to the Aircraft Mechanic.

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The Aircraft Mechanic at his job. Todays Blog is dedicated to all the aircraft mechanics from Schuylkill County who have worked on aircraft ...

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Schuylkill County World War Two Soldier and Sailor Combat Stories

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WW2 Photos.... In todays blog I am including more stories from the Pottsville Journal during World War 2. They will consentrate on infantrym...

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Schuylkill County's Last Civil War Veteran

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Last Schuylkill County Civil War Veteran. Found this article in the Pottsville Journal of April 24, 1944 while researching soldier storie...

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Schuylkill County Civil War Soldier Executed For Murder 1863

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How the execution of Dormady and Clark would have looked like. CIVIL WAR JUSTICE MILITARY STYLE THE EXECUTION OF A SCHUYLKILL COUNTY SOLDIE...

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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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