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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Greenleaf Cilley

"While stationed aboard the Battleship “Ohio”, he participated in the expedition to Tusphan, Mexico. During its capture, he was wounded while storming…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"battleships, the USS Utah and USS Florida, naval representation spanned three continents, further demonstrating the First World War’s geographic…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Two months later what is presumed the first naval battle of the Revolution occurred in Machias when townspeople fired on the British schooner…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… capture British ship Margaretta in the first naval battle of War of Independence 1777 • John Allan appointed Superintendent of Eastern Indians by…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"On August 13, 1779, American and British naval forces clashed, and the Americans suffered a crushing defeat."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Yeaton, America’s first commissioned naval officer, was sent to the Passamaquoddy region, charged with curtailing the growth of smuggling there."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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