Update, Just got this email below.
I have seen the engine in question in pieces, and it APPEARS to be a single row radial engine. The other thing that was told to me was that it was an engine from a B-17. How they know this information is not known to me. Some more background is that a widow of the local EAA chapter there tried to donate it to the EAA chapter, but was turned down for a number of reasons (lots of parts I suspect! and putting this monster back together will be interesting.) So the CAP squadron was asked if they would like to have it and they accepted. It has been sitting around for over a year and a half waiting for something to happen. Like most things, if you do not have a person ram-rodding the project, it just sits on a list. I am grateful and humbled by the responses from the group and hope we can get this to a great conclusion.
From the sound of it above I think that its a Wright R-1820 engine. It did fit in the B-17 which would explain the history behind the engine. Im going to see if they can post some pictures of this engine.
Questions and comments welcome.