Keywords: World War Two
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson
"Woodrow Wilson’s Ship is Torpedoed during World War II: Woodrow Wilson: and we were on the east side of Africa…and we were on our way home…and well…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"A World War II Honor Roll stood on the grounds of the library for a time, but burned and was not replaced."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History
"… 1910Farmington Historical Society “Just before World War I the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad reached its peak of prosperity…” giving…"
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine
"… would be started in August when the boys from World War I returned. Recreation in Stockholm Many people in Stockholm were looking for a way to get…"
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"… Harbor in the influenza outbreak during the First World War. Mr. Totten owned a china shop. Lucy and James Bain had a variety store."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace
"… when Roosevelt became president? She thought the world of Roosevelt cause things got so much better after."
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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians
"Two years later, he and his father began a business and moved to Bangor which was a much larger area to help make the business successful."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village
"… that there was not a fair and that was during World War II. In 1932, the New Portland Lions Club took over running the fair."
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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community
"After the United States joined the Second World War in December 1941, the hospital (already home to a school of nursing) helped the U.S."
