South Portland Historical Society will hold its next lecture on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 6:30 p.m. at the South Portland Community Center, 21 Nelson Road. Matthew Christoforo, society board member and historian, will present “Defending Casco Bay during WWII.” The event is free for current members of the society; non-members may attend for $20. Christoforo’s […]
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Yarmouth Scout restores WWII fort on Peaks Island
The project on Battery Steele was organized by Scout Malcolm Nelson for his Eagle Scout project.
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This Maine man lost his brother during WWII. He’s still searching for answers.
Eighty years after Elmer Wright was presumed dead off the coast of Tunisia, his younger brother fought to get his true service recognized – even if it meant finding out he died by friendly fire.
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Booker finalist ‘The Safekeep’ is a moving look at history’s horrors
Yael van der Wouden’s novel is about a Dutch woman in 1961 forced to address her family’s past.
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A Maine professor spent a month in Poland making bagels and searching for his past
University of Maine at Augusta history professor Robert Bernheim hoped bagel diplomacy could help repair some deep wounds left by the Holocaust.
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The last witnesses of the Hiroshima bombing speak out
In a new book, ‘Hiroshima,’ M.G. Sheftall interviews the youngest survivors of the 1945 attack, who share stories of what they saw and about their lives since.
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This nurse began working at hospital during WWII and hasn’t stopped. She’s 97.
“I love people, and my health is good, so I’m happy to do what I can,” said Grace Carr, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, who has worked at the same hospital for 80 years.
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Family of veteran who died in WWII gets overdue Purple Heart, Victory Medal
The ceremony to posthumously honor Pvt. John Yianitsas was held last month in Lewiston.
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On D-Day, a young medic from Maine, Charles Shay, was ready to give his life and save others
Shay was awarded the Silver Star as well as France’s highest honor for repeatedly plunging into the sea and carrying critically wounded soldiers to relative safety, saving them from drowning.
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A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day
The ever-dwindling number of veterans in their late nineties and older who are coming back to remember fallen friends and their history-changing exploits are the last.