Keywords: 2nd world war
Item 9331
Local National Guard Engineers leaving for WWII, Norway, 1943
Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print
Item 102525
Thomas McPhail's World War I tunic, ca. 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Thomaston Media: Wool, cotton, burlap, metal
Exhibit
World War I and the Maine Experience
With a long history of patriotism and service, Maine experienced the war in a truly distinct way. Its individual experiences tell the story of not only what it means to be an American, but what it means to be from Maine during the war to end all wars.
Exhibit
Fallen Heroes: Last of the Jewish WWII Veterans
Listen to recordings from the last of the World War II Jewish veterans.
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century
"One man, Wilbur McKeown, a 2nd Class Petty Officer, was killed by Japanese bombers at the battle of Savo Island, August 28,1942, while serving on the…"
Site Page
"1st ed. Vol. 2. Falmouth Foreside, 1983. Print. Hawkins, Alan H., ed. Mattanawcook Observer. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. Falmouth Foreside, 1984. Print."
Story
Nemo's Nightmare of World War I
by Mike and Bryan Luciano
Franklyn J. "Nemo" Burbank of Livermore Falls was our ancestor who fought in World War I.
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
