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LC Subject Heading: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives

Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 16718

Postcard from Walter Hustus to mother, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943-03-10 Location: South Portland Media: Postcard

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Item 16725

V-Mail from Walter Hustus, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper, V-Mail

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Item 17028

Walter Hustus letter from England, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 19017

Catherine Bell remembers Christmas, Monticello, 1925-1943

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1925–1943 Location: Houlton; Monticello Media: MP3

Item 16715

Walter Hustus letter from basic training, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: South Portland; Atlantic City Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16716

Walter Hustus to Grace G. Hustus, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16717

Letter from soldier Walter Hustus, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16719

Walter Hustus letter from gunnery school, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Fort Myers Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16720

Walter Hustus letter concerning army training, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Fort Myers Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16721

Walter Hustus letter about air training, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Fort Myers Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16722

Walter Hustus letter from Salt Lake City, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Salt Lake City Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16723

Postcard from Walter Hustus to grandmother, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Portland; Pyote Media: Postcard

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Item 16724

Sgt. Walter Hustus letter to family, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16713

Soldier letter from basic training, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17027

Walter Hustus letter to family, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17033

Postcard announcing arrival in U.S., 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945-06-11 Location: New York; South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23186

Richard Box recollection of Christmas in North Africa, 1943

Contributed by: Western Maine Cultural Alliance Date: 1943 Media: MP3

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Item 17029

Message from Walter Hustus to family, 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17031

Letter from POW camp, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Gneixendorf; South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17030

Postcard concerning capture by Germans, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Gneixendorf; South Portland Media: Postcard

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