After nearly eight decades, the recently identified remains of Richard G. Salsbury, who was 19 when he died in 1943, to be returned to Canaan to be buried with family members.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Litchfield’s oldest resident, who fought in World War II, plans a 100-yard-dash for his 100th birthday
Eugene Thompson, 99, was recently awarded the town’s Boston Post Cane and in less than a year, plans to celebrate his 100th birthday by running a 100-yard-dash.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Invasion evokes ghosts of the Nazi past in Russia, Ukraine
Putin in particular is skilled in using language and imagery to play to an audience all too familiar with the realities of occupation.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Mainers among them, ‘Ghost Army’ tricked Nazis to give Allies an edge
The Congressional Gold Medal will be awarded posthumously to Donald C. Mead, father of a Maine judge, and others who served in a little-known mission to deceive the German army.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Some were saved from the Holocaust with vaccines
Among the medicines that anti-vaxxers compare to Nazi war crimes were those developed by prisoners and enemies of the Third Reich.
Posted inNation & World
Cold case team suggests ‘most likely scenario’ for betrayal of Anne Frank
Investigators comb through evidence for 5 years in a bid to unravel one of World War II’s enduring mysteries.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: Remembering an old friend
An interview with a witness to history led to a friendship that endured.
Posted inLocal & State, News
World War II ‘Code Girls’ recognized on 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack
Jane Case of Scarborough and Leona Wright of Cornish were among the Navy cryptologists who helped the Allies win the war and blazed a path for women in the military.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Bob Dole lived a great American life
The tough partisan warrior who also valued compromise with his adversaries showed patriotic values that are missing from today’s politics.
Posted inNation & World, News
A former sailor who is now 101 returns to Pearl Harbor to remember those lost
Pearl Harbor survivors and World War II veterans are gathering in Hawaii this week to remember those killed in the attack on Dec. 7, 1941.