Emil Kimmel provided an incredible description of his experiences aboard the USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway.
A Pennsylvania sailor recounts the Battle of Midway | June 1942
Masters of the Air – Episode 9 Recap
Justin and Jake share their reactions to Episode 9 of Masters of the Air.
Masters of the Air – Episode 8 Recap
Justin and Jake share their reactions to Episode 8 of Masters of the Air.
Masters of the Air – Episode 7 Recap
Justin and Jake share their reactions to Episode 7 of Masters of the Air.
A Pennsylvania airman’s letter about the air war over Europe | 1944
Schuylkill County native wrote home to friends alluding to the horrors he was witnessing in the skies over Europe.
Lieutenant Harry Welsh of ‘Band of Brothers’ – Wounded at Bastogne on Christmas Eve, 1944
Harry Welsh's wounding during the Battle of the Bulge was portrayed in gory detail in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers."
“Holiday Greetings” – A December 1944 advertisement for Stegmaier Brewery wished customers a “Victorious New Year”
A patriotic, holiday-themed beer advertisement from the Wilkes-Barre-based Stegmaier Brewing Company appeared in December 1944.
Letters from War – A photograph of the Nazi panzer destroyed by Irvin Schwartz in the Battle of the Bulge
In May 1945, the West Schuylkill Press-Herald published a photograph taken during the Battle of the Bulge showing a tank destroyed by Sgt. Irvin Schwartz.
An account of Irvin Schwartz’s participation in the Battle of Dom Bütgenbach – December 21, 1944
A 1990 study by a defense contractor details the experiences of Irvin Schwartz and his comrades in the hellish Battle of Dom Bütgenbach in 1944.
Letters From War – The Battle of Dom Bütgenbach, December 21, 1944
In as much detail as he could get by US Army censors, Irvin Schwartz describes his unit's action in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.