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.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Chasing Villa, A Schuylkill Haven Cavalryman in Texas

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Schuylkill Countians at Camp Stewart Texas, 1916 TAG PHOTO TO ENLARGE The following letter was written by Earl C. Roeder, from Schuylkill H...

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

And Once Again More World War 2 Heroes

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I just keep finding more and more of these great little stories of Schuylkill County World War Two Heroes. Schuylkill County Heroes of World...

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

THE MISSING CANNON OF THE GOOD INTENT ARTILLERY CO. C 96th P.V.I.

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Tag on Photo to enlarge The Cannon on the left is the one made by Shalk the Gunsmith of Pottsville. The other is an Ager Gun. The men in the...

Monday, October 13, 2008

Once A Warrior Always A Warrior

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How A Soldier looked during the Seminoe War From the "Florida Frontier Guard" Seminole Wars Living History Association, 1835-1842....

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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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