Handful of Pearl Harbor survivors drawn to Hawaii ‘out of respect’

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Published
December 7, 2022

Handful of Pearl Harbor survivors drawn to Hawaii ‘out of respect’

A handful of centenarian survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor gathered at the scene in Hawaii to commemorate those who perished 81 years ago in the Japanese bombing
Published
November 17, 2022

WWII casualty Sgt. Zelwood Gravlin is laid to rest

Correspondent Paula Kane will provide more on Sgt. Gravlin's return in the Nov. 25 Franklin Journal.
Published
May 12, 2022

Hometown burial Saturday for Canaan man killed in World War II

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.
Published
March 28, 2022

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.
Published
February 20, 2022

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.
Published
January 26, 2022

‘Four Chaplains’ lost during WW II to be honored in Norway

The ceremony brings together representatives of St. Catherine's, South Paris' First Congregational Church, Bolster's Mills Methodist Church and Auburn's Temple Shalom.
Published
December 7, 2021

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.
Published
December 6, 2021

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.
Published
October 2, 2021

Remains of World War II pilot from Maine finally back home

Ernest Vienneau was killed in 1944 and his body lost at sea. On Saturday he was brought home to Millinocket, where he will be buried on Oct. 9.
Published
December 31, 2020

Author’s journey connects her with Maine veteran and World War II pilot

Loretto Thompson says the more than 500 letters her father wrote during his service in the Army Air Corps led her to Roger Sundin, a.k.a. ‘Big Sundin,’ the man she credits with saving her father's life in May of 1945.