world war 2
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PublishedAugust 11, 2019
Maine Observer: Cape Cottage post office is gone, but the memories aren’t
In the 1940s, everything that kids loved or needed was right in their own neighborhood.
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PublishedJune 6, 2019
A Maine veteran recalls his D-Day landing on Omaha Beach 75 years ago
As an 18-year-old Navy Seabee, Bob Ryan of Portland, now 93, witnessed the horror – and Allied determination – firsthand. Today, he says he ‘was one of the lucky ones.’
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PublishedJune 5, 2019
Leonard Pitts: On 75th anniversary of D-Day, consider what you’d give to save your world
The Americans who fought World War II weren't a perfect generation, but they pulled together on behalf of something bigger than themselves.
