Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… where he practiced until the beginning of World War II. Soon after opening his office, Thomas formed a partnership with Charles O."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… the Port-of-Maine Airport, opened after World War II at a site off Pleasant Hill Road. Service operations and flying schools operated at…"

National Archives at Boston

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"Soon after, Russell left to fight in World War II. Two children riding a snow horse, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… out on Swan's Island, and were inactive by World War II. Island resident Marion Stinson speaks of the hall: "I remember just one play there…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"WW I, the Depression of the 30's, and WW II all developed during Hugh J.'s term as President of Oxford."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… by a torpedo in the South Atlantic during World War II on June 2, 1942. Morse Shipyard, Water Street, Thomaston, Maine c 1940Thomaston…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"Other residents of the area have served in the more contemporary wars of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"… American Red Cross during both World War I and World War II. On February 22, 1955, Miss Stone was acknowledged by the Colonial Daughters Chapter of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"During World War II, the reservoir was under constant surveillance against possible sabotage of drinking water sources."

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… was one of the first architects in post-World War II Maine to advocate for the sharp, simple lines of contemporary design."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Writer, Paul KoenigStaff. “World War II Nurse from Maine Subject of New Book.” Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, Kennebec Journal and Morning…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… Airport After the blackout restrictions of World War II were lifted, the Port-of-Maine Airport opened at a site off Pleasant Hill Road."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"II, and John A. Prior to World War II and the deaths of her parents, Mame Savage worked as a nurse’s aid and children’s nurse for almost 10 years at…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… Barrows served in the Pacific during World War II, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander in the navy."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"During World War II, the Crobb Box Company operated an ammunition case factory on Neighborhood Road. Main Street in Northeast Harbor, ca."

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"Navy. Avery also served in World War II, returning to inactive duty after five and a half years of service with the rank of Captain and the Legion of…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"(After World War II, Mercy Hospital School of Nursing discontinued the practice, and the program remained all female until the 1960s.) When Ruth…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"In the southwest corner is the Monument to all Wars: Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon/Grenada, Panama, Desert Storm and Afghanistan."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"World War II further quieted the island as young and old left; either voluntarily to join the war effort or by necessity to seek work on the mainland."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… Society Maintaining Asticou After World War II, more people came to Mount Desert Island than had in previous generations."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… joining the US Navy as a Sea Bee during World War II, Donald met and married Marguerite Hodgkins in 1946."