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Historical Items Showing 3 of 151 View All
Item 38995
Title: Military enlistees, Blue Hill, 1864
Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library
Date: 1864-08-30
Location: Blue Hill
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Item 8814
Title: Destroyer U.S.S. MADDOX (DD-731) under way
Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum
Location: Bath
Media: black and white photograph
Item 67325
Title: 'USS Braine,' Boston Navy Yard, 1945
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston
Date: 1945
Location: Boston
Media: Photograph
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Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island
Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.
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When America entered the Great War in 1917, the government sent out pleas for help from American women, many of whom responded at the battle front and on the home front.
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War Through the Eyes of a Young Sailor
Eager to deal with the "Sesech" [Secessionists], young deepwater sailor John Monroe Dillingham of Freeport enlisted in the U.S. Navy as soon as he returned from a long voyage in 1862. His letters and those of his family offer first-hand insight into how one individual viewed the war.