Sergeant Orlando Vincenti was killed in a bombing raid over Munster, Germany in October 1943.
Lackawanna County airman killed in bombing raid featured in “Masters of the Air”
Disastrous Blaze – The Miners’ Journal Building Fire of 1892
The once imposing tower of the Miners' Journal building collapsed in a shower of sparks in October 1892
The Final Letter from War – The voyage home from war aboard the USS Mount Vernon, October 1945
In a lengthy final letter from war, Sergeant Schwartz describes his departure from war-torn Europe bound for his home in America.
An 1865 baseball battle between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton
In October 1865, multiple baseball clubs met in the Wyoming Valley to battle for victory on a makeshift diamond.
Letters from War – “Our Battle for Aachen,” 1944
Irvin Schwartz's vivid description in a letter home to Schuylkill County describes the horror of the Battle of Aachen in October 1944.
Letters from War – The first letter from inside Hitler’s crumbling “Third Reich,” October 1944
In his first letter from inside Germany, Pfc. Irvin Schwartz describes interactions with residents of newly occupied Nazi territory.
“Among the Pennsylvania coal-strikers” – A dispatch from the 1902 Coal Strike
This dispatch from the 1902 Coal Strike eloquently describes the battle lines as the strike entered its pivotal fifth month.
A Lykens Civil War soldier’s close brush with death at the Battle of Cedar Creek | October 1864
Sergeant Henry Keiser had escaped serious injury throughout the Civil War. His luck nearly ran out on October 19, 1864.