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KOREAN WAR VETERANS Gil Ormsby of Harpswell, center, and Juanita McCauley of Brunswick pose with Gov. Paul LePage Thursday at the State House, where the governor signed a proclamation designating July 27 as a day to remember Korean War veterans. Sixty years after the cease-fire agreement ended hostilities during the Korean War, LePage joined with more than a dozen Korean War veterans to sign a proclamation designating July 27 as Maine Korean War Veteran Recognition Day and encouraging all Mainers to observe the day Saturday. According to the LePage office website, the proclamation, sponsored by Sen. James Hamper, ROxford, recognizes all Maine Korean War veterans and the 38 POW/MIA and 245 lives lost by the state during the war. Approximately 1,000 Maine veterans will be honored in various events recognizing the 60th anniversary of the July 27, 1953, Korean War Armistice.
KOREAN WAR VETERANS Gil Ormsby of Harpswell, center, and Juanita McCauley of Brunswick pose with Gov. Paul LePage Thursday at the State House, where the governor signed a proclamation designating July 27 as a day to remember Korean War veterans. Sixty years after the cease-fire agreement ended hostilities during the Korean War, LePage joined with more than a dozen Korean War veterans to sign a proclamation designating July 27 as Maine Korean War Veteran Recognition Day and encouraging all Mainers to observe the day Saturday. According to the LePage office website, the proclamation, sponsored by Sen. James Hamper, ROxford, recognizes all Maine Korean War veterans and the 38 POW/MIA and 245 lives lost by the state during the war. Approximately 1,000 Maine veterans will be honored in various events recognizing the 60th anniversary of the July 27, 1953, Korean War Armistice.

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