In Maine, there is an organization that has been revitalizing the spirits of veterans and enabling them to accomplish things, once again, that they never thought possible. The organization is Veterans No Boundaries, a program of Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation formerly known as Maine Handicapped Skiing. The organization’s website states, “Under our new name, […]

If the name isn’t familiar, it is probably because that’s his real name and not his radio moniker, Dick Richards. For over 35 years, Richards has been a radio weatherman known for his time at WLAM radio where he gave his daily forecasts. Today, he can be heard on WQRY, Oldies Y 106, an entirely […]

“At the time, I was employed as [Veterans] Prevention Coordinator at Healthy Androscoggin in Lewiston working for AmeriCorps VetCorps and CADCA: Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America as a VISTA volunteer,” said Smith, who is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. “Our mission is to honor, to inspire, to recognize and serve. “MVCSP works to recognize veterans […]

“I was in college and found it boring,” said Levesque, who was a history major at the time. “I was a little bit lost and looking for some direction.” Without telling anyone, including his family, he enlisted in the Army and went, overnight, from being a Yankee from Maine to an infantryman at Fort Benning, […]

Enlisting in November of 2001, shortly after 9/11, Chapman joined “for God and Country.” “My father is a Vietnam vet, a volunteer, serving in the early 1970s. He was home in 1973, when I was born,” said Chapman. His grandfather, Richard Leach, served with Merrill’s Marauders in WWII. “He was a good man, my grandfather. […]

Haines put the war behind him and rarely mentioned the year he spent in Saigon. After Vietnam and a brief visit home, he was sent to Germany where he trained in the electrical field. When discharged from the United States Army, Pvt. Fred Haines returned to Maine where he was born and raised. Once home […]

Tuesday, Nov. 11: The William J. Rogers American Legion Post 153 will host the 8th annual Lewistion & Auburn Firefighters Chili Cook-off from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. with a $50 award to be presented to the top vote-getter. Samples will be available. The Legion hall is at 71 South Main Street in New Auburn. This event […]

Visit Meda Brendall’s story page, in Experiencing War, to view her collection at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.04951/.

Visit Robert Lee Olen’s story page, in Experiencing War, to view his collection at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.02008/.