[PRCo] Re: PRC troop movement

Derrick J Brashear shadow at dementia.org
Sat Jul 19 13:50:33 EDT 2003


On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Bob Rathke wrote:

> Below is Harold's complete post on this subject last year.

Hm. So I wonder how I failed to find this when I searched the archives. I
was curious about WW2 particularly, but I suppose if it was being done in
the 50s there's not much reason that it wouldn't have been being done 10
years sooner.

Thanks, Harold, and Bob for finding it...

> In 1950, I transferred into the Pennsylvania Natonal Guard's 724th AAA Gun
> Bn when I moved from New York City. The unit was located at the old Logan
> Armory at Bayard and Thackery Streets in Oakland, Pittsburgh. The Armory has
> since been demolished and a new University of Pittsburgh building stands
> there.

That's pretty much true of all of Oakland, though.



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