After nearly eight decades, the recently identified remains of Richard G. Salsbury, who was 19 when he died in 1943, to be returned to Canaan to be buried with family members.
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Westbrook Notes: April 14
Celebrating 100 years Rink off-limits during parking lot work The Cornelia Warren Four Season Rink off Lincoln Street in Westbrook will be temporarily closed next week and likely through June as construction gets underway for a concrete parking lot. In addition to the parking lot, other improvements will be made, including an easy-in, easy-out hand-carry […]
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Litchfield’s oldest resident, who fought in World War II, plans a 100-yard-dash for his 100th birthday
Eugene Thompson, 99, was recently awarded the town’s Boston Post Cane and in less than a year, plans to celebrate his 100th birthday by running a 100-yard-dash.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Invasion evokes ghosts of the Nazi past in Russia, Ukraine
Putin in particular is skilled in using language and imagery to play to an audience all too familiar with the realities of occupation.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Mainers among them, ‘Ghost Army’ tricked Nazis to give Allies an edge
The Congressional Gold Medal will be awarded posthumously to Donald C. Mead, father of a Maine judge, and others who served in a little-known mission to deceive the German army.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: A military leader revealed on the page
“The historical nonfiction book that I just finished reading is ‘LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay’ by Warren Kozak. It is the life story of Curtis Emerson LeMay, who overcame disadvantages of his family’s limited circumstances to become one of the most influential United States’ military leaders in World War II and […]
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The Maine Millennial: Some were saved from the Holocaust with vaccines
Among the medicines that anti-vaxxers compare to Nazi war crimes were those developed by prisoners and enemies of the Third Reich.
Posted inNation & World
Cold case team suggests ‘most likely scenario’ for betrayal of Anne Frank
Investigators comb through evidence for 5 years in a bid to unravel one of World War II’s enduring mysteries.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: A biography that moves the soul
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Book review: The extraordinary heroism of a single woman saved countless lives
Robert Mrazek’s book tells the riveting story of a little-known, exceptionally courageous Filipino woman who risked her own life to save American POWs during World World War II.
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