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Historical Items

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Item 98847

Canadian planes, Norcross wharf, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Norcross Heritage Trust Date: circa 1940 Location: Indian Purchase Township No. 3 Media: Photographic print

Item 22167

Planes taking on fuel, Old Orchard Beach, 1924

Contributed by: Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Date: 1924-09-06 Location: Old Orchard Beach; Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Item 104

Major General Preston Brown, Fort Williams, Cape Elizabeth, 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1928 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Fallen Heroes: Those Who Gave Their Lives: World War II

At least twenty-three Jewish men from Maine died in the military during World War II. Photographs and other memorabilia are available for fewer than half of them. Read more about them.

Exhibit

Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island

Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.

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Prisoners of War

Mainers have been held prisoners in conflicts fought on Maine and American soil and in those fought overseas. In addition, enemy prisoners from several wars have been brought to Maine soil for the duration of the war.

Site Pages

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Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"Roger and his P-51 plane has been talked about since that momentous day and now a model of this plane, upside down, hangs in a corner of a room in…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Fiske Block, Broad Street, Bangor, 1864

"… in and floors fell in enbracing the engine planing mills &c ." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

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Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… are illustrated in pictures of carpenters with planes and saws, masons with bricks in hand, and a glazier holding a window (pictured at right)."

My Maine Stories

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Welcome home Sgt. Cunningham
by Donald C Cunningham

It was great to be back in Maine.

Story

Protesters spit on me as a Vietnam Veteran
by Joseph Rocque Jr.

I will never forget the horror of seeing all the protestors greeting my plane returning from Vietnam

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Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II