STORIES FROM THE GREAT WAR

Saturday, October 25, 2014

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Heroic French war dog, honored by the Army now un-American, thanks to Y. M. C. A. Man. Pottsville Miners Journal. June 11, 1919. ...

Aviators Thrilling Story Of Battle In the Air

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    Aviators Thrilling Story Of Battle In the Air. German Craft was attacked By a British Biplane and a 90 Mile An Hour Bleri...
Friday, March 15, 2013

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 Cpl. Doyle’s War Story of Soissons Fray.     Cpl. William J. Doyle, battery C, 12 th Field artillery, Second Division. U. S. A.,...
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Sunday, December 16, 2012

BLOODY CHARGE OF THE TURCOS TROOPS.

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GRAPHIC STORY OF BLOODY CHARGE OF THE TURCOS TROOPS. Paris Sept 2, 1914 “It was like hell cut loose”, is the way a French Offi...

FREIGHTFUL ATROCITES BY SENGALESE SOLDIERS

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FREIGHTFUL ATROCITES BY SENGALESE SOLDIERS LONDON SEPT. 7, 1914 The London Globe prints a gruesome story of the manner in whic...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

CORPORAL JULES LUPIN BELGIAN HERO

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Dead Belgium Soldiers London September, 24 1914 Pottsville Miners Journal September 25, 1914 Eighteen year old Corporal Lupin who served in ...

AMERICAN HITS SENTRY ON THE HEAD WITH A PICK HANDLE AND ESCAPED FROM HUN PRISON CAMP.

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Shenandoah Evening Herald June 20, 1918 By Lowell Mellet, UPI Correspondent. With the Americans on the Marne. James A. Dunahue of Newark ...
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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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