Keywords: Military facilities
Item 7326
Letter concerning military provisions and garrison contingents, Kittery, 1695
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1694 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper
Item 18301
Military personnel, Bangor Fair, 1944
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944-08-01 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 151453
Barracks in Togus, Chelsea, 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1935 Location: Chelsea; Eastport Client: Eastern Branch N.H.D.V.S. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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.
Exhibit
Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs
In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.
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Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century
"… the town continued to invest in programs and facilities to benefit their citizens, including the athletic field and trail built on the Osgood lot…"
Story
My Mom was a nurse in the 8055 MASH, Korea
by Pat MacPherson
I’m so proud of my mother and the thousands of Army & Navy nurses who served in WWII & Korea
Story
Hooch Mum and my Vietnam service
by Jim Barrows
A poem about being a medic, saving Vietnamese people and babies. Sometimes we trusted too much.
