Ensign Stanley Willis Allen of Bethel was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. His remains were identified 80 years later.
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Luis Alberto Urrea discovers the wartime magic of the ‘Donut Dollies’
The prolific author imagines the World War II heroism of his mother in a new novel, ‘Good Night, Irene.’
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Maine Voices: The stories told by yesterday’s heroes resonate today
Courage in the face of hopelessness made our lives possible – let’s not forget it.
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Maine Voices: Remembering the power of remembrance in Normandy
My uncle and thousands of others fought for liberty and freedom for all, bedrock principles we take too much for granted in our daily lives.
Posted inNation & World, News
Handful of Pearl Harbor survivors drawn to Hawaii ‘out of respect’
A handful of centenarian survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor gathered at the scene in Hawaii to commemorate those who perished 81 years ago in the Japanese bombing
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Remains of soldier who died in WWII POW camp to be reburied in Augusta
Army Pfc. Arthur L. Pierce, 26, of Malden, Mass., was accounted for in July through mitochondrial DNA analysis as well as anthropological analysis and circumstantial evidence.
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Bedside table: Romance! Thrilling war missions! Philosophical questions!
Book recommendations from readers.
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Ken Burns on his latest PBS documentary, ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’
Burns: ‘The willingness of people to believe the lies of an evil regime and manipulative leaders – demagogues – isn’t something that’s a one-off.’
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Review: Ken Burns’ new documentary spotlights how little the U.S. did to stop the Holocaust
‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ shows that Americans fell far short of their ideals in their treatment of Jews threatened with imminent murder in Europe. And the film suggests that the past is not past.
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Mainer among those expressing joy, sadness at Normandy’s D-Day commemorations
D-Day veteran Charles Shay, a 98-year-old Penobscot Native American from Indian Island, Maine, took part in a sage-burning ceremony near the beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer.