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A Coal Region soldier’s jump into Holland during Operation Market Garden in 1944

Posted on June 10, 2019June 7, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Private Jack S. Robins jumped into Holland on September 17, 1944 with the 101st Airborne Division

Posted in Coal Region, World War IITagged 101st Airborne Division, Airborne, Chinchilla, Coal Region, Jack S. Robins, Lackawanna County, Letter, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Scranton, World War II1 Comment

Williamstown High School football star killed in the Battle of the Bulge in 1945

Posted on January 4, 2018January 3, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Private Joe Cooper died in combat on January 4, 1945 near the village of Flamierge, Belgium.

Posted in Williamstown, World War IITagged Airborne, Battle of the Bulge, Belgium, Central Pennsylvania, Coal Region, Dauphin County, Featured, Football, Killed in action, Pennsylvania, Soldier, Williamstown, World War 2, World War II, WW2, WWII2 Comments

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Speaking this evening at the Civil War Roundtable of New York about Clara Barton and have been treated to this view of St. Patrick’s Cathedral from the venue on 51st Street! Wow!
Made a stop in Mechanicville, New York to commune with one of the earliest Union heroes of the #CivilWar. Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth was killed on May 24, 1861 while removing a Confederate flag from a hotel rooftop in Alexandria, Virginia. He became a martyr to the Union; “Avenge Ellsworth” became a rallying cry across the North. My great-great-great grandfather S. Ellsworth Schwalm was named in his honor. #AmericanCivilWar #AmericanHistory #USHistory
Stumbled across the grave of General George H. Thomas in Troy’s Oakwood Cemetery! Happy surprise to see the man with the best #CivilWar nickname: “the Rock of Chickamauga.”
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