Tuesday, November 10, 2026
April 9, 1945: Sgt. Strank, Franklin, Killed After Participating In Historic Flag-Raising on Iwo Jima Mountain
The Johnstown Democrat - April 9, 1945
Sgt. Strank, Franklin, Killed After Participating In Historic Flag-Raising on Iwo Jima Mountain
Walter Rose
Varner - Laidig
Second Lt. Theodore Fisher
Paul Grata
Pfc. Robert Sumner
Cpl. Homer Berkebile
Pfc. Harold Breth
First Lt. Boyer Westover
Staff Sgt. Francis Lukasovich
Pfc. David Hunter
Pvt. John Kuzminsky
First Lt. Charles Campbell
Sgt. Robert Lundberg
Pfc. Harry Knauer
Margaret Johnston
Richard Hall
Mrs. Beauty Mae King
Kenneth Miller
Walter Layton
Eugene Custer
David Bossler
Naomi Pruitt
Mrs. Nancy Boyd
Mrs. Irene Carstensen
Charles Wurm
Benjamin Karl
Tech. Sgt. Donald Weber
Mrs. Andrew Afton
Bruce Ideson
Mrs. Ann Green
Rosemary Chuha
Nancy Box
NURSE IS SERVING WITH A.E.F. IN PACIFIC WAR ZONE - 2nd Lt. Margaret M. Huth - Vintondale
Margaret belonged to a family dedicated to the war effort; out of seven daughters born to the family, three went into the military service during WWII.
Monday, November 9, 2026
April 1907 - ABANDONING CONEMAUGH FURNACE - TWO BLACK AND A WHITE CAMPED OUT IN A CAVE - NEWS OF THE STORK FOUND FATHER PASSING AWAY
Morrellville & Sheridan Station
Dinitove Uzaloc
William H. Burns - Lowman Street - Prospect - Cambria Iron Accident while wife was giving birth
CIVIL WAR - Week of July 23, 1863 - Wrap Up of The Battle of Gettysburg & Local Soldier Letters Home - Regimental Organization of 54th Pa. Co. A
This was a disastrous month for the Confederacy, which sustained decisive defeats at two key points that permanently turned the tide of the war. The largest battle ever fought in North America took place, and relentless Federal operations continued in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Charleston Harbor. Meanwhile, the North was torn by dissent over the new military draft.
The Battle of Gettysburg
Advance elements of the Federal and Confederate armies clash in southern Pennsylvania, beginning what would grow into the most terrible battle in American history.
Day 2
The Federal and Confederate armies gather south of Gettysburg, where Robert E. Lee launches ferocious attacks on both Federal flanks.
Day 3
Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia launches a massive, desperate charge to destroy the Federal Army of the Potomac once and for all.
Heading Back South
Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia begins retreating from Gettysburg, but the swelling Potomac River threatens to trap Lee in hostile territory Confederate officials arrive off Hampton Roads, Virginia, to negotiate prisoner exchange terms with the Federals. They are also unofficially authorized to negotiate a possible end to the war.
Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia reaches the Potomac River, while George G. Meade, commanding the Federal army, is reluctant to pursue. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia prepares for a battle against George G. Meade’s Federals while still stranded on the Maryland side of the Potomac River.
George G. Meade’s Federal Army of the Potomac misses its final opportunity to destroy Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, ending the Gettysburg campaign.
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The Confederate soldiers and residents under siege in Vicksburg are on the verge of being starved into submission. John C. Pemberton’s Confederates formally surrender on Independence Day, transferring the mighty stronghold of Vicksburg to Federal hands. Federal occupation forces complete the parole process at Vicksburg, establish medical relief, and regulate slave relations as news of the city’s capture reaches Washington.
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Capt. Litzinger's Company - 54th P.V.M. Co A
Capt. W.R. Roberts, Lt. Adam George, Lt. Wm. C. Barbour
Sgt: R.E. Jones, N.S. George, Gilbert A. Barker, Hartman Barrick, J.F. Chickey
Corporals: H.H. Pringle, John Wendelhoth, D. Morris Kiel, John Brown, S. McMonigle, Emanuel Crom, Philip Sherbine, Sylvester Crum
Musician - Joseph Hamilton
Privates: Fred Aronfield, B.F. James, B.F. Ash, Charles Johnson, John Barrick, John Keating, Andrew Beek, John W. Long, Peter M. Brown, Elias Lower, David W. Brendlinger, Stephen McIntyce, Daniel Berkstresser, David McMonigle, Wm. Berkstresser, Henry McMonigal, Harrison Burkhardt, Martin Miller
Samuel Byers, John W. Mulholland, Wm. K. Carr, Thos. J. Nelson, Aug. Chestnutwood, John Noel, David Coulter, Elias Paul, David Davis, Wm. H. Paul, Emanuel Dellinger, John Plummer, Enos Ellis, Jacob W. Pringle, Ressler Emigh, David W. Scott, David Farber, Hervey Sharp
John Feeny, Theodore Shaw, Henry Fick, Wm. T. Sidman, John Fish, Thomas Stineman, Henry Flenner, Wm. Stonebaker, John Grew, John Weaver, Jas D. Hamilton, Albert Wilson, F.K. Herlinger, Christian Smay, Jacob Stineman
12th Pa Cal.
Sgt. E.R. Smith - 27th Maine and T.P. Fenlon
Sunday, November 8, 2026
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