Keywords: Military recruits
Item 102324
Sumner Cobb appointment to Corporal, University of Maine, Orono, 1914
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914-10-27 Location: Orono Media: Print on paper
Item 16699
Recruits, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, 1917
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1917 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, print
Exhibit
Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands
"… 1833, named “The Portland Band.” By 1843, members recruited New Hampshire musician Daniel Chandler (1818-1902) to direct the band."
Exhibit
George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century
"Besides those in the military service, many were working in the shipyards in South Portland, Bath and Connecticut."
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay
"… just returned from three years of service in the military. Playhouse Program, Surry, 1929Surry Historical Society The new reincarnation of…"
Story
How I broke the mold for women to serve in the military
by Mary D. McGuirk
My life and career as a USAF Nurse
Story
USCG Boot Camp Experience, Vietnam War era
by Peter S. Morgan, Jr.
"Letters to the Wall" Memorial Day