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 31, 2009

HAVE HAPPY AND SAFE NEW YEAR TO ALL IN 2010

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE REMEMBER WITHOUT THOSE WHO SERVE AND SACRIFICE WE WOULD NEVER HAVE A NEW YEAR REMEMBER IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM W...

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

LIEUT. JOHN ARTHUR WALKER, MAHANOY CITY HERO

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1ST INFANTRY DIVISION PATCH I Recieved this great story from Mr. George Knight. A fabulous story of another Schuylkill County World War 2 he...

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Saturday, December 26, 2009

A Very Blessed Merry Christmas to all and A Happy New Year

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I got this Poem from a friend..Pat Killian ....Well the poem says it all. The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round t...

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Private George Ellis, Prisoner of War of the Nazis For Twenty-Seven Months

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George Ellis, Private 6th Armored Infantry 1st Armored Division Was a prisoner of war of the Nazis for twenty seven months having been captu...

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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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