Last Saturday to celebrate an anniversary of the Marine Corps they fired live rounds in Camp Pendelton, California across Interstate 5. They closed down the Interstate as a safety precaution. Still, some shrapnel fell onto a California Highway Patrol car. This reminded me of one of my stories… I was in the National Guard in the …
Bill Sauers gave me 13 programs from annual Armed Forces Luncheons. Did you know that the event was given in Rochester? I sure didn’t know about it. All the local military and veteran’s group got together on Armed Forces Day which is celebrated on the 3rd Saturday in May. At each event they would have …
Last week the only thing I scanned was the book New York Division National Guard War Record. It was about the very short war against Pancho Villa on the US-Mexico border. Villa had been a problem during the Mexican revolution. In March 1916 he attacked Columbus, New Mexico and the nearby US Fort Furlong. President …
I uploaded two new items. First is A Story Historical of the Penfield Volunteer Fire Company, 1841-1960. It is in only 7 libraries; mostly in Monroe County. Some of the pictures are good and others look like and some look like they are copies from a copier (no brand name). This appears to be a …