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Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum

Building T-8-57, Fort Indiantown Gap Annville, Pennsylvania 17003-5003 (717) 861-2402

PNG MILITARY MUSEUM NEWSLETTER NO. 29-2018

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WWI FEATURED EXHIBIT by Mr. Charles. B. Oellig

This “Lifeguard Periscope” was made by F. Duerr & Sons in Manchester, England, for troops

in World War I. During the Great War, this simple device saved many allied army lives on the

battlefield in Europe. By using this simple periscope, soldiers could view the battlefield prior to any

movement or attack while being in the safety of their own trench, unexposed to enemy snipers.

To see this and other fascinating exhibits, please come visit the Museum!

The museum’s “Lifeguard Periscope” from WWI (left and right) photographed by SGT Damian J. M. Smith, Command Historian. Lifeguard Collapsible Periscope advertisement from WWI, taken from www.pinterest.com.

DONATIONS Artifact Information by Mr. Charles B. Oellig

Photos by SGT Damian J. M. Smith

» This 1912 photograph (below) shows 47 mounted cavalrymen with Pennsylvania’s Governors Troop at Mount Gretna, donated by Ms. Brenda K. Waltz.

»Various photographs and papers of Master Ser-geant Carl H. Weber, who was the lead carpenter on the rifle range at Indiantown Gap Military Res-ervation (IGMR), were donated by Mr. David A. Weber.

» The item shown at left is a Tenth Regi-ment (NGP) PA Volunteer Infantry uni-form from western PA. This Spanish American War uniform coat and trousers belonged to Private Joel Ridgeway. He served in the Philippine Is-lands in 1898

and 1899. The Tenth was the only Pennsylvania unit to take part in combat in that part of the world during the Spanish American War.

» Several panoramic photographs were recently donated to the museum:

Staff officers of 13th Regiment, NGP, July 1914

13th Infantry Regiment at Mt. Gretna, July 1915

28th Division Ammunition Train, Mt. Gretna, September 1917

Battery D, 6th U.S. Field Artillery at IGMR dur-ing the 1935 maneuvers.

These items were donated by Brig. Gen. Gerald Otterbein, Jr. (USAF, Ret.).

» A photograph dated November 1942 was re-ceived, showing a large group of men from Battery B, 3d Battalion, 1st Training Regiment, Field Ar-tillery Replacement Center, Fort Bragg, North Car-olina. Ten men in the picture are Pennsylvanians and are all identified. Donated by Major William B. Luckenbill (USA, Ret.).

CAN YOU HELP US?

by Mr. Charles B. Oellig

The museum is in search of the poster depicted

above. This was a recruiting poster used by the

110th Infantry. It was also used by the entire 28th

Infantry Division when it was called to federal

service with the induction set for September 5,

1950. Colonel Henry K. Fluck’s 110th Infantry

created this poster to recruit the regiment up to

full strength before heading to Camp Atterbury,

Indiana, for training.

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UPCOMING 2018 MUSUEM EVENTS

19 May 1st Annual Car Show 21 July PNGMM Patch Show 8 September 10th Annual Golf Tournament 3 November PNGMM Patch Show


TOUR GROUPS by Mr. Charles B. Oellig

Battle of the Bulge Reenactors

Cub Scouts Pack 126 (Spring Brook, PA)

Boy Scout Troop 132 (Spring Brook, PA)

Boy Scout Troop 37 (Elverson, PA)

Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s Bureau of Workers’

Compensation Manager/Supervisors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Col. David J. Smoker (USAF, Ret.), President Mr. Charles B. Oellig, Museum Director/Curator Ms. Shannan D. Zerance, Vice-President Ms. Stephanie L. Olsen, Treasurer MAJ Chuck Holbrook (USA, Ret.), Secretary LTC Richard H. Shertzer (USA, Ret.), Membership MG Walter F. Pudlowski (USA, Ret.) Brig. Gen. Stanley J. Jaworski (USAF, Ret.) Brig. Gen. Gerald E. Otterbein (USAF, Ret.) COL Samuel E. Hayes III Col. Carl Magagna (USAF, Ret.) LTC Jonathan DeVries (USA, Ret.) LTC David Weisnicht (USA, Ret.) WO4 David A. Sakmar (USA, Ret.) SGT Damian J. M. Smith Ms. Sharon E. Flaig Ms. Rita Meneses

ADVISORS (Non-Voting Members)

Mr. Leonard Cowitch, Legal Counsel Maj. Gen. James M. Skiff (USAF, Ret.), Emeritus

NEWSLETTER & MEDIA STAFF

Col. David J. Smoker (USAF, Ret.), President Ms. Stephanie L. Olsen, Editor SGT Damian J. M. Smith, Articles/Photos Mrs. Carolyn Dymond, Webmaster

Troop 67 (Dover, PA) Visited Fort Indiantown Gap in March 2018

Museum Patch Show on February 3, 2018

THE BOARD BULLETIN by David J. Smoker, Col. (USAF, Ret.)

As I write this article on the first day of spring, it appears more like the first day of winter, as it has been snowing all day! But take heart, spring must truly be around the corner. Speaking of spring, we are going to try something new this year in con-junction with the picnic. Thanks to the initiative of Brig Gen Jerry Otterbein and the hard work of a committee of board members, we are planning a car show in conjunction with our annual picnic this year. The 1st Annual Military and Muscle Car Show will be held at the museum on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, 19 May 2018, from 10am – 2pm with a rain date of Sunday, 20 May 2018, with the same hours of operation. The goal is to grow the attendance of the picnic, have some fun at the car show, make a little money for the museum, and get more of the public inter-ested in the museum.

The car show will feature pre-1976 military vehicles, muscle cars, and trucks. Registration for participating vehicles is $10, but admission is free

for car show spectators and muse-um visitors. Tours of the muse-um, range house, and chapel will be on tap and the car show will feature a silent auction and door prizes. Food and drinks will be available for purchase and a DJ will provide music. Awards for the car show will include Peo-ple’s Choice, Sponsor’s Choice,

Recruiter’s Choice, and the General’s Trophy.

A flyer for the car show is included in this news-letter. Please come out and join us on Saturday, 19 May 2018, for this exciting new event!

Finally, please mark your calendars and plan to join us for the 10th Annual Maj Gen Frank H. Smoker, Jr., Foxhole Invita-tional Golf Tournament. It will be on Saturday, 8 September 2018, at Blue Mountain Golf Course in Fredericksburg, PA.


Please come out to

support the museum and join us for the

1st Annual “Military and Muscle” Car and

Truck Show and Picnic!

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday

19 May 2018 from 10am to 2pm, with a

rain date of Sunday 20 May 2018. Good food,

ice cream, fun and camaraderie are the

order of the day!

We hope to see you there!

Pennsylvania National Guard

Military Museum

1st Annual

“Military and Muscle”

Car and Truck Show

and Picnic


This is the 51st in a series of historical photographs of Pennsylvania National Guardsmen of the past, submitted by

Mr. Charles B. Oellig, curator of the Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum at Fort Indiantown Gap. The Museum

is open Mondays and Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or other days by appointment. Call (717) 861-2402, or visit

www.pngmilitarymuseum.org for more information or to schedule an appointment. The Museum is closed on major holidays.

CURATOR’S CORNER by Mr. Charles B. Oellig

John Boyde Goheen was born in Tyrone, Blair County, PA on Sep-tember 17, 1893. He enlisted as a pri-vate in the Sheridan Troop of Caval-ry on May 1, 1913 at the age of twen-ty years. He was 5’ 8 1/2” tall, had a light complexion, brown eyes and red hair. He advanced to the rank of corporal on April 12, 1915.

His first enlistment being up he reenlisted May 1, 1916, then signed up for Mexican Border ser-vice with the Troop July 6, 1916. There the cavalry spent most of it’s time patrolling the border between Texas and Mexico. He returned home January 23, 1917 as a sergeant.

The troop was only home for a few months when they were called for duty in World War I. While in training at Camp Hancock, Georgia the Pennsylvania division was now reorganized as the 28th Division. A new second lieutenant, Goheen was briefly transferred to the 103rd Engi-neers, then to the newly formed 305th Cavalry (National Army) and then to the 15th Trench Mortar Bat-tery. On March 15, 1919 lieutenant Goheen was sent to the U.S. Cavalry officers schools at Camp Meade, Maryland. He completed Cavalry School on April 1, 1919.

Troop B, First Pennsylvania Cavalry was reorganized in the PNG and John Goheen was promoted to first lieutenant. As of June 1, 1921 the troop was redesignated Troop B, 104th Cavalry (Sheridan Troop), 52nd Cavalry Brigade, PNG. This

new brigade consisted of the 103rd and 104th Cavalry Regiments. The new captain of the troop was John Boyde Goheen. He retired from the Guard in 1927 after fourteen years of service and two deployments.

Photo taken by Mr. Charles B. Oellig, Museum Curator, from the Museum Collection


2017 MUSEUM’S YEAR IN REVIEW

by SGT Damian J. M. Smith

The Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum had a year of mixed results for the 2017 calendar year. While the number of tour groups increased, the overall size of each tour group decreased. Visitation to the museum further decreased by more than 700 visitors during some of the peak travel months as the museum was un-dergoing major repairs to the building, including new windows, siding, roofs, handicap ramps and fire escapes.

While the number of views on social media sites such as Facebook rose by 11%, views to the museum website decreased in 2017. However, the museum received more group visitors than 2016, but we were still down 10 groups from the high several years ago. The number of historical re-quests for information decreased by more than one hundred, due largely to the museum closure in the summer for building repairs and military training. The big emphasis this year is the continued work on the WWI Centennial.

2017 +/-

From Visitors: Numbers Previous Year

-Museum Visitors (Signed In) 1,459 -719

-Museum Visitors 1,532 -755 (Est 5% more for those that did not sign in at the museum)

-Museum Tour Group 45 +10

-Face Book Members 1,359 +135

(68% are men, 32% are female Facebook members)

Museum Website 2017 stats include:

-Unique Visitors 21,733 -4,507

-Website Visitors 29,174 -8,609

-Pages Viewed 66,419 -20,880

-Website Hits 601,803 -217,684

-Bandwidth Data 31.67 GB -14.31 GB of data

2017 Historical Requests Answered:

-Museum Director 496 -22

-Command Historian 318 -146 (Down due to 10 weeks training away from the office)

Total Historical Requests 814 -168

WORLD WAR I SOLDIER OF THE QUARTER

SGT THOMAS O. MADER


First Sergeant Thomas O. Mader, Battery A, 109th Field Artillery received the Distinguished Service Cross during actions in World War I. His cita-tion reads: Near Varennes, France, October 2, 1918, he displayed great coolness and bravery in helping to guide a section of his battery over a road swept by enemy shell fire, during which eight

men were wounded and ten horses killed, including one which he himself rode. The driver of a swing team, having difficulty controlling one of the hors-es of a section, was assigned to another horse and his place was taken by Sergeant Mader, who guid-ed the section until he was so severely wounded that he was unable to continue. In spite of his wounds, he directed the carriages to places of safe-ty and, disregarding his own personal safety, re-quested that the medical officer first give attention to the other wounded. Sergeant Mader’s conduct was an inspiration to the men of his battery.

28th INFANTRY DIVISION

CHANGES ITS OFFFICAL MOTTO


It is now official: the 28th Infantry Division request to officially change its division motto has been approved by The Institute of Heraldry (TIOH) as of 21 February 2018. The division’s new motto is now officially “ROLL ON.” Most people thought it was always “ROLL ON,” but since World War I, the 28th Infantry Division’s official motto had been “Fire and Movement.”

HOW TO DONATE www.pngmilitarymuseum.org

www.facebook.com/PNGMilitaryMuseum

HOURS Hours are 10:00-4:30 Mondays & Fridays.

For more information, please contact:

Museum Curator, Mr. Charlie B. Oellig

717-861-2402

Command Historian SGT Damian J. M. Smith

717-861-2464

Cultural Resources Manager Ms. Stephanie L. Olsen

717-861-6793

Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum BLDG T-8-57 (Service Road) Fort Indiantown Gap Annville, PA 17003-5003

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