Welcome to my tribute to those who served our country in all conflicts

"Lest we forget"  

Coming soon: South Troy native Joe Garbowski, of the Marine 5th Division and his 1st hand account of experiences on Iwo Jima.

Also in the works: Ray Deitz's stories from his diary of 40 missions as a B-17 ball turret gunner & his letters to home!  

Civil War

LT. WILLIAM H. POHLMAN

Click on the photo for the life of Lt. William H. Pohlman, who had local ties to Albany, NY.

An outstanding amount of detective work has been compiled by a good friend, Mark Bodnar to tell "Willies" tale, which otherwise would have slipped into obscurity.

WWII

Click on a name or image below to get more details,

Hop aboard Tom Kucskar's B-17 G Flying Fortress "Glory Bound" to fly to the Watervliet native's story.

Note:  The plane carries the markings of Tom's actual B-17, he did this rendition himself.

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Select the Army Medal of Honor to visit the Veteran's Day Tribute to Troy, NY's Sgt Baker.

2,500- 3000 Year Old Indian Spearhead I Discovered

Now On Display at the Watervliet Arsenal Museum

Also- the Army's WWII weapon used to improve morale at the Arsenal

 lgniewe1 "at" nycap.rr.com

Larry Gniewek, 

(Amateur Historian & Webmaster at large)

 This page was last updated on 08/09/07.