world war ii

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
April 14, 2022

Westbrook Notes: April 14
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 27, 2022

Maine Voices: Invasion evokes ghosts of the Nazi past in Russia, Ukraine

Putin in particular is skilled in using language and imagery to play to an audience all too familiar with the realities of occupation.
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
February 13, 2022

Bedside table: A military leader revealed on the page
Published
February 6, 2022

The Maine Millennial: Some were saved from the Holocaust with vaccines

Among the medicines that anti-vaxxers compare to Nazi war crimes were those developed by prisoners and enemies of the Third Reich.
Published
January 18, 2022

Cold case team suggests ‘most likely scenario’ for betrayal of Anne Frank

Investigators comb through evidence for 5 years in a bid to unravel one of World War II’s enduring mysteries.
Published
January 16, 2022

Bedside Table: A biography that moves the soul

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Published
January 2, 2022

Book review: The extraordinary heroism of a single woman saved countless lives

Robert Mrazek's book tells the riveting story of a little-known, exceptionally courageous Filipino woman who risked her own life to save American POWs during World World War II.