Keywords: servicemen
Item 16653
Joan Blondell, Presque Isle, 1942
Contributed by: Presque Isle Air Museum Date: 1942 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 9419
Draftees boarding bus, Norway, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
In 1954, November 11 became known as Veterans Day, a time to honor American veterans of all wars. The holiday originated, however, as a way to memorialize the end of World War I, November 11, 1918, and to "perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations." Mainers were involved in World War I as soldiers, nurses, and workers on the homefront aiding the military effort.
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.
Site Page
"Biddeford paid servicemen $145,497 and Saco paid servicemen $105,749. City Farm (Poor Farm), Biddeford, ca."
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase
"… life insurance issued by the United States for servicemen. His valuables were returned to Fannie on December 23, 1944."
Story
Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall
As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.
Story
Service in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan by MAJ Adam R. Cote
by Adam R. Cote
Military Service has had a deep impact my life
