Smithsonian Channel program ‘Gun Trucks of Vietnam,’ describes the story behind the development of gun trucks by young soldiers and the lessons from a 1971 ambush of a 20-plus truck convoy that killed Charles Soule of the 57th Transportation Company.
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Face Time: Claire Starnes and the untold stories of women veterans
Claire Starnes, a Vietnam War veteran and New Hampshire woman who was born and raised in Maine and went to the Twin Cities’ St. Dominic High School, is wrapping up a statewide tour behind a book she helped write with other female veterans. The book, “Women Vietnam Veterans: Our Untold Stories,” recounts the experiences of […]
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MBVS seeks Maine artist to design coin honoring veterans
AUGUSTA — The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services (MBVS) is seeking a Maine artist to design an “Honorable Service Coin” recognizing the military service of post-Vietnam War and peacetime veterans. Coins honoring the service of World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War and women veterans have been previously commissioned. Plaques of those coins now hang […]
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Erwin Weymouth Tarr
AUGUSTA — Erwin “John” Weymouth Tarr, 68, of Litchfield died Tuesday, July 24, at Togus Springs Hospice at VA Maine Healthcare Systems. He was raised in Leeds, graduated from Leavitt High School and proudly served during the Vietnam War from June 30, 1967, until being honorably discharged June 12, 1970. John met and married Susan Corbin […]
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Wall That Heals arrives in Maine
CHELSEA — Amy and Sheldon Tozer drove from their home in Winthrop to the Chelsea Town Hall on a rainy Tuesday to join dozens of volunteers to escort the Wall That Heals on the last leg of its trip to Gardiner. The wall, a scaled-down version of the Washington, D.C., memorial to those killed during […]
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John H. Little Jr.
LEEDS – John H. Little Jr., 88, a resident of Leeds, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 25, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Erie, Pa., on Oct. 25, 1929, the son of John Howard Little Sr. and Martha Hazel Grate Little. He was educated in New Brighton, Pennsylvania. He joined […]
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Erroneous comment refuted
In the front page article “Governor says his life has been threatened” (Friday, Aug. 25), Gov. Paul LePage stated that Civil War-era tensions reminded him of the schisms in American society during the Vietnam War when, as the article explains, “people spit on returning soldiers.” The governor’s insupportable characterization of the Civil War originating as […]
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Michael P. Murray
LEWISTON — Michael Patrick Murray died April 13 in Lewiston. Born May 22, 1948, in Lewiston, he attended St. Peter’s School and graduated from Lewiston High School. He served in the Vietnam War and worked for the state of Maine before becoming disabled. He is survived by his mother, brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews and […]
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Maine Veterans’ Home unveils Vietnam Memorial display
PARIS — Veterans of World War II and the Vietnam and Korean wars attended a ceremony Sunday afternoon that introduced a new Vietnam Memorial display case at the Maine Veterans’ Home. The event marked the 40th anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. Among the home’s residents and their families and friends in attendance, more than […]
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Gary L. Darling
1950 – 2015 SOUTH PORTLAND — Gary L. Darling of South Portland transitioned on to heaven, surrounded by his loving family, after his courageous battle with cancer ended on Sunday, Sept. 20. He was born on April 6, 1950, in Portland to Louis A. and Anita M. (Violette) Darling. Much to his disappointment, he was […]