Keywords: War II
Item 37384
Front page of World War II Award, Lubec, 1944, 1944
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Lubec Media: Ink on paper
Item 15650
Durham's World War II Honor Roll, ca. 1946
Contributed by: Durham Historical Society Date: circa 1946 Location: Durham Media: Wood
Item 111316
The Checkley House, Scarborough, 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
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
Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs
In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.
Site Page
"I think all the people that fought in the Civil War were really brave. One of the men that was part of the Civil War from Lincoln was William…"
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War
"… Aroostook War (also known as the “Pork and Beans War” and the “Lumberjack War”), I would be nervous if I was a wife to one of the men that went to…"
Story
The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona
Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
