Keywords: Guard duty
Item 97581
Pvt. John Sheahan letter on picket duty, Virginia, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 81177
Pvt. John E. Stewart on letter writing, Virginia, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Lewinsville; Columbia Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Black soldiers served in Maine during World War II, assigned in small numbers throughout the state to guard Grand Trunk rail lines from a possible German attack. The soldiers, who lived in railroad cars near their posts often interacted with local residents.
Exhibit
A Convenient Soldier: The Black Guards of Maine
The Black Guards were African American Army soldiers, members of the segregated Second Battalion of the 366th Infantry sent to guard the railways of Maine during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. The purpose of the Black Guards' deployment to Maine was to prevent terrorist attacks along the railways, and to keep Maine citizens safe during the war.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head
"Coast Guard, Yeaton later became known as the "Father of the Coast Guard." Yeaton, friend and companion to Allan, retired in 1798 to his North Lubec…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777
"… from the river under the watchful eyes of armed guards along the river. After the war, about 175 remaining settlers left the fort and went back to…"
Story
USCG Boot Camp Experience, Vietnam War era
by Peter S. Morgan, Jr.
"Letters to the Wall" Memorial Day
Story
Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall
As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.
