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Letterkenny Army Depot. Letterkenny Army Depot (originally Letterkenny Ordnance Depot ), the Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) for Air Defense and Tactical Missile Systems, was established in early 1942. [ 1][ 2] Its leadership began recruiting civilian personnel in July 1942. [ 3] The Depot is under the command structure of ...
February 1, 1953. Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD) (previously known as Tobyhanna Signal Depot) is a full-service electronics maintenance facility located in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Established on February 1, 1953 on the site of a former artillery training range, the depot is tasked with providing logistical and maintenance ...
The first Philadelphia Koreatown ( Korean : 필라델피아 코리아타운) is located around the Olney section of the city of Philadelphia, United States. Since the late 1980s, the Korean community has expanded northward, and it now straddles the border between North Philadelphia in Philadelphia proper and the northern suburb of Cheltenham ...
The Philadelphia Korean War Memorial at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia was initially dedicated on June 22, 2002 [1] and was formally rededicated on Memorial Day, May 28, 2007 after additional work was completed. [2] Each name of the more than 600 servicemen who were killed in action or listed as missing in action during the Korean War from ...
August 6, 1975. The Marine Corps Supply Activity, also known as the Quartermaster's Depot, U.S. Marine Corps, is an historic, American office building and warehouse in the Point Breeze neighborhood of South Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [ 1]
The original site at Grays Ferry Avenue and Washington Avenue was closed and the site was razed in 1963. The functions of the Quartermaster Depot were all moved to West Oregon Avenue & South 22nd Street. In 1965 the operation was reorganized into the Defense Personnel Support Center. In 1993 the government closed the textile factory and moved ...
Added to NRHP. 3 June 1976. The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was the first United States Navy shipyard and was historically important for nearly two centuries. [ 2] Construction of the original Philadelphia Naval Shipyard began during the American Revolution in 1776 at Front and Federal Streets in what is now the Pennsport section of Philadelphia.
Leary's Book Store. Coordinates: 39.9509°N 75.1551°W. (Redirected from Leary's book store) Leary's Book Store bookmark. Leary's Book Store was a landmark in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for nearly one hundred years. In 1969, when it closed, it was known as the “oldest book store in the United States.”.