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Anthony W. Potts (1963/1964 – July 25, 2023) was a United States Army major general who served as the Program Executive Officer for Command, Control and Communications (Tactical) from June 22, 2022, to June 2023. [2]
By February, one death had been reported as a result of the arsons. Irene Kempest, an 83-year-old widow and Nazi war camp survivor, [5] [6] was killed due to smoke inhalation when her Strode Avenue home in Coatesville was set ablaze on December 7, 2008, at about 12:20 a.m. Emergency responders searching the building found Kempest was unconscious upstairs and removed her from the house, but she ...
The Pennsylvania State Navy was responsible for defense of the Delaware river when Philadelphia was occupied by British troops led by General Sir William Howe in 1777, as the Royal Navy wanted to control the river to resupply Howe's army. At first the combined Pennsylvania and Continental fleet was successful, repulsing one attempt by the Royal ...
A North American P-51D-25-NA, N5412V (ex-44-73586), crashed and was destroyed by a fire in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, resulting in one fatality. [23] [105] [106] 17 February 1975 A Cavalier Mustang II of the Indonesian Air Force, piloted by First Lieutenant Effendi, crashed at the end of runway at Branti Airfield, Lampung, Indonesia, killing ...
According to reporter William Ellis, Coatesville residents seemed to condemn journalists rather than Walker's lynch mob. [12] Nevertheless, a month after Walker's death, the state of Pennsylvania indicted six men for murder. All of them were subsequently acquitted. [11] Several other defendants who were later indicted were also cleared of ...
John A. Wiley (September 3, 1843 – December 28, 1909) was a Pennsylvania business executive, Civil War veteran, and National Guard officer who attained the rank of major general as commander of the organization now known as the 28th Infantry Division.
The Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, which is part of the Coatesville Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District, was built in 1929, and is located near Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013, this historic district includes thirty-seven contributing buildings , four ...
INSURV, United States Navy. Archived from the original on 21 August 2004; Swarns, Rachel L. (8 April 1996). "Vice Adm. John D. Bulkeley, 84, Hero of D-Day and Philippines". New York Times "Medal of Honor recipients, WWII, A–F". U.S. Army. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008