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update 10/2009 Please expect at least 2 week delays for mailing
It's been one year since my dad's death and I was blown away how fast his books began being reqested following his death. I'm sure he had something to do with it. Anyway, sorry to anyone mooching march-june 2009. my best friend of 17 years died suddenly and life has been very difficult for me. And my new dog (my best friends) has been very sick nonstop since I got him. Hence, delays.

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09/26/2006 In the service, my dad traveled all over the world doing his job in airplane maintenance. He has dementia and parkinson's now so he doesn't have much need for his books these days but I know he would appreciate Bookmooch. I saw him reading books every day which made a great impression upon me growing up. I hope his beloved books keep traveling around the world for years and years long after he is gone. Some of his books are going overseas to our soldiers and sailors on active duty through Operation Paperback. Please consider supporting this charity with your bookmooch points.

Arsenal employee, Air Force master sergeant, WWII vet, 82

Joseph Adam Muchka, 82, of Vernon Township died Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Valley View Care Center in Newton after a long illness. A Memorial Mass was held on Saturday, June 7, 2008, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima R.C. Church, Breakneck Road, Highland Lakes, with interment of cremains at Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Franklin. A wake was held at the Ferguson Vernon Funeral Home, 241 Route 94, Vernon, on Friday June 6 from 4 to 8 p.m.

Mr. Muchka, the son of the late Adam J. and Annie Macho Muchka, was born in Franklin on April 11, 1926. He lived in Exeter, N.H., before moving to Highland Lakes, Vernon, in 1965.

Mr. Muchka was a retired master sergeant with the U.S. Air Force, serving during World War II, Korea and Vietnam from March 29, 1945, to April 30, 1965. In the military he was an airplane mechanic and was a member of the 527th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group, 100 Organizational Maintenance Squadron and 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group. Some of the places he was stationed included Germany, Japan, North Africa, Korea, Greenland, the middle east as well as many less interesting places (even Otis in the 1950's). He received a good conduct medal, army of occupation medal, good conduct medal with 3 bronze loops, good conduct medal with 4 bronze loops, air force longevity of service award, AFLSA with 4 Br OLC, good conduct medal with 1 silver loop, WWII Victory Medal and and Occupation Medal (Germany).

He was also a member of the National Association of Radiation Survivors. He was at Camp Desert Rock, Frenchman Flats, Nevada on March 21, 1952 when the U.S. government exploded an Atomic Bomb 10,000 feet above the soldiers' trenches.

Upon his retirement from the Air Force, Mr. Muchka worked for 10 years at Picatinny Arsenal. He was a member of the Wallkill Valley VFW Post 8441 of Vernon.

It was requested that Memorial donations be made to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105-1942.

Though he did not have a college education, my dad was an autodidact. He was extremely intelligent and read books on every subject but his favorites were on world war II, science and history. I inherited my love of science from him. His library near the end of his life consisted of hundreds of books on a wide array of subjects (as you all know). Some went to friends and family, some had lots of writing in them and were not suitable to be passed along. Many of the military history books have gone to soldiers overseas via Operation Paperback http://www.operationpaperback.org/