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.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

POTTSVILLE SAILOR CHARLES LEIBIG ON TANKER ROCHESTER SURVIVES A U –BOAT ATTACK

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Seaman Charles Leibig POTTSVILLE SAILOR SURVIVES A U –BOAT ATTACK BY U-106 Charles Leibig, Member of a tanker...

Monday, December 10, 2012

COALDALE MARINE FIRST MARINE OF MARINE DETACHMENT KILLED ON WAKE ISLAND DECEMBER 9TH 1941

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Coaldale Marine the first Marine killed in Action in World War ll. Wake Island was an American outpost in the central Pacific. ...

POTTSVILLE MARINE OFFICER ONE OF FIRST CAPTURED MARINES IN WW2.

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STORIES OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY SOLIDER'S, SAILOR'S, AND MARINES DURING THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF WORLD WAR 2 POTTSVILLE MARINE ...

Thursday, December 6, 2012

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY AT PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 7, 1941

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At dawn on 7 December 1941 more than half of the United States Pacific Fleet, approximately 150 vessels and service craft, lay at...

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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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