Queen Elizabeth II and world leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump have gathered on the south coast of England to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings that helped turn the tide of World War II.
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75 years after D-Day, veteran still wonders why he was spared
Arden C. Earll, a Pennsylvania dairy farmer’s son, was 19 when he waded ashore at Normandy. Seventy-five years later, he still wonders why he was spared.
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101st Airborne to visit Phillips
On Saturday, June, 8, the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad will host “I Company”, of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division.
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Chasing demons: 75 years on, D-Day haunts, drives its vets
In ever-dwindling numbers, and perhaps for the last time, D-Day vets are answering the call to return to Normandy for the 75th anniversary of the June 6, 1944, landings
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Farmington remembers D-Day
By Pam Harnden, Staff Writer FARMINGTON — A wreath service was held on Center Bridge at noon Wednesday to mark the 74th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944. Farmington police closed one lane of traffic as some three dozen veterans, relatives and community members made their way from the park-and-ride lot to the middle of […]
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D-Day observance planned in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A service in observance of D-Day, June 6, 1944, will be held at noon Wednesday on Center Bridge on Main Street. It will start at the Park-N-Ride near Rite Aid on Main Street and people will walk up to the center of the bridge over the Sandy River. People who plan to participate […]
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Edward "Mike" Woolley
AUBURN — Edward “Mike” Woolley, 96, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 18, at Clover Manor. He was born Sept. 16, 1921, the son of LeForest Woolley and Marjorie Lenore Dolloff, and was born in the same home as his mother, in Bridgton. Mike attended school locally and graduated from Bridgton High School in 1940. Mike joined […]
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Marie Irene Giguere
SABATTUS — Marie Irene (Martin) Giguere died July 27, 2017, at home in Sabattus, surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 16, 1924, in Portsmouth, England, one of 12 children born to George and Nel Martin. Growing up in a major naval port during World War II, Marie witnessed the ravages of war first-hand, […]
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Augusta D-Day veteran pays respect at French cemetery
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Proud veterans in their 90s and families of fallen soldiers are commemorating the epochal D-Day invasion of Normandy 72 years ago that helped the Allies vanquish Hitler. They held small ceremonies and moments of remembrance Monday along the wide beaches and cliffs where thousands of U.S., British, Canadian and French troops landed […]
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Let us not forget
D-Day, the 6th of June, 1944 — there are fewer of us now who actually remember that day. Subsequently, it was depicted in the motion pictures “The Longest Day” and “Saving Private Ryan.” America paid a heavy price for success that day. The European campaign in World War II has received much review and notice […]