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.

Monday, April 20, 2009

THE C7A CARIBOU A GREAT AIRCRAFT

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I never put anything on this blog about my time spent in Vietnam but here are some memories from a long time ago. I took all these photos. I...

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Saturday, April 18, 2009

ARMY B-6 BOMBER CRASHES IN RAIN STORM NEAR PINE GROVE, APRIL 5, 1936

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KEYSTONE B-6A BOMBER ARMY B-6A BOMBER CRASHES ON MOUNTAIN WEST OF PINE GROVE. APRIL 5, 1936 The headline in the Pottsville Journal stated, “...

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Schuylkill Boys at Vicksburg, Miss. 1863

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SCHUYLKILL BOYS AT VICKSBURG. General Ulysses S. Grant endeavored to take Vicksburg Miss. numerous times, constantly resulting in failu...

Monday, March 16, 2009

Help This American Soldier Captain Roger Hill

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PLEASE WRITE THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY AND HELP THIS SOLDIER I know this story has nothing to do with Schuylkill County soldiers but this s...

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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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