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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDEJ_m114a2-towed-155mm-howitzer_Boalsburg-PA.html
The M114A2 howitzer, introduced in 1942 as the M1, served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam with the Army and Marine Corps. It also served with the National Guard into the 1980s. Its 11-man crew could fire forty rounds per hour, lobbing each 85-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDDM_m4a1-76-w-general-sherman-tank_Boalsburg-PA.html
Nearly 50,000 M4 Sherman tanks saw service in all theaters of World War II and in Korea. They served as the main battle tank of the United States Army and Marine Corps. Pennsylvania foundries in Coraopolis, Eddystone, Lebanon, Sharon, Bernham, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDC2_m59-armored-personnel-carrier_Boalsburg-PA.html
Open topped half-track personnel carriers in use during World War II did not adequately protect occupants from small arms fire and shrapnel. The U.S. Army developed APCs, or armored personnel carriers, to solve the problem. These sturdy vehicles w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDB3_ordnance-qf-4-5-inch-howitzer-mark-ii_Boalsburg-PA.html
British commanders who has fought in the Boer War in South Africa, 1899 to 1903, were impressed with the success of the enemy's howitzers. After five years, the British army approved its own new howitzer. The 4.5-inch howitzers remained in service…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCPV_28th-division-shrine_Boalsburg-PA.html
Dedicated to heroic dead of Pennsylvania's famed 28th in two world wars. The Division was created Sept., 1917. The Shrine was founded by Col. Theodore Boal and made a State memorial in 1932