JAY — Saturday afternoon’s Pearl Harbor Day remembrance ceremony at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3335 rekindled many memories for World War II veteran Erlon Rose of Livermore Falls. Rose, past state commander of the VFW, was one of four veterans who shared a collection of memories and thoughts about Dec. 7, 1941. […]
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Pearl Harbor survivor thrives meeting visitors
“Come get a picture,” Weatherwax says. Her family surrounds his scooter to pose for a snapshot and shake his hand. The 96-year-old charms visitors in a similar fashion each of the three days a week he volunteers at a memorial for the USS Arizona, a battleship that sank in the 1941 Japanese attack. The retired […]
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Remembering Salerno, 1943
Seventy years ago, this week, the Western Allies launched their first amphibious assault on mainland Europe, as American soldiers in the U.S. Army’s 36th Infantry Division (Texas Division) landed under fire on a beach south of Salerno, Italy. The Sept. 9, 1943, attack on the Italian town of Paestum was the untried 36th’s first combat […]
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WWII veteran of Lewiston travels to England with college students
LEWISTON — The Battle of the Atlantic, at its height from mid-1940 through the end of 1943, is often credited as a dominating factor through World War II. Because every effort in Europe depended on the constant arrival of supplies, the Germans made a full-throttle effort to block the shipping routes. In the end the […]
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LePage honors WWII vets with awards
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is honoring some Maine veterans for their leadership and dedication to serving other veterans. LePage gave World War II veterans Arnold Leavitt of Augusta and Estol “Mac” McClintock of Wellington the “Outstanding Veteran of the Year” awards last week. His office says the certificates are given to veterans […]