Keywords: Naval bases
Item 17515
Naval Air Station Operations Office, Brunswick, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1945 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 17514
WAVES, Brunswick Naval Air Station, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1945 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Britain was especially interested in occupying Maine during the Colonial era to take advantage of the timber resources. The tall, straight, old growth white pines were perfect for ships' masts to help supply the growing Royal Navy.
Exhibit
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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"… powers, and timber aplenty to boost Britain’s naval superiority. Such schemes garnered fierce opposition from Bostonian proprietors and the…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas
"As a naval reserve officer, Thomas served in naval intelligence in Portland during World War II. In this capacity, he died in 1944 at the age of…"
Story
Growing up in Lewiston
by Kathy Becvar
Growing up in Lewiston in the 1960s and 1970s.
Story
Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
