Private Jim Shurskis detailed the destruction of Nazi Germany and the refugees returning to their homes in an April 1945 letter.
“The stark truth” – A Pennsylvania soldier witnesses the collapse of Nazi Germany in 1945
Blackout drills – Central Pennsylvania prepared itself for enemy air raids in 1942
In May 1942, vast swaths of Central Pennsylvania went dark. Local air raid wardens planned blackout drills to prepare for enemy bombers.
A Williamstown coal miner demands steel from abandoned mines be recycled for Second World War
A miner from Williamstown, Pennsylvania recommends using scrap steel from the closed mines for the newly opened war effort.
