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Keezer, Frederick Paul
No full textFrederick Paul Keezer. Private First Class, U.S. Army Engineer Corps. 658th Engineer Light Equipment Company.
6 July 1917 - 1 April 1945.
Following service in Maine State Guard Reserve, entered Army, March 1944. Trained, Camp Selby, Mississippi. Overseas, December 1944. Killed in action, Pirmasens, Bavaria, Germany. Buried, St. Arnold Cemetery, France. Native of Hudson. Electrician, employed in footwear manufacturing and in shipbuilding. Hunter. Photographer. Father of a daughter, Margaret Lucy. Purple Heart.
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McGlauflin, Wallace Henry
No full textWallace Henry McGlauflin. Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army.
25 July 1920 - 4 January 1945.
Killed in action in the Ardennes, Belgium, after having served in the Canal Zone, Africa, Sicily, Italy, Southern France, England, and Germany in the paratroops and other arms. Enlisted from John Bapst High School in 1939. Enthusiastic player of baseball and football. Father of a daughter, Bonnie Lee. Purple Heart.
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MacDonald, Harry Lester
No full textHarry Lester MacDonald. Private First Class, U.S. Army Air Forces.
15 February 1920 - 12 November 1944.
Entered the service April, 1942. Trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; and Columbia, South Carolina. Went to the Pacific Theatre April 1943. Fought at New Guinea and the Philippines. Fell in action at Leyte. Studied at Bangor High School and was in the grocery business in Bangor.
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Blethen, Lawrence R.
No full textLawrence R. Blethen. Technical Sergeant Operations Chief, U.S. Army Field Artillery, 33rd Field Artillery Battalion. 1 December 1911 - 27 July 1943.
While computing firing data for the guns before Gangi, Sicily, he was killed by a direct hit. He had previously fought in Tunisia. After the New England Conservatory of Music he taught piano and voice. Until the war music was his life. Purple Heart. Silver Star Medal. Bronze Star Medal.
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Richard, John Allen
No full textJohn Allen Richard. Technician Grade 5 (Corporal), U.S. Army Field Artillery, Battery C, 965th Field Artillery Battalion.
15 June 1922 - 22 December 1944.
While radio operator in an exposed forward post at Gouvy, Belgium, he was fatally wounded by enemy machine gun fire, dying two days later in France. Graduated, John Bapst High School, 1940. Entered garage business. Enlisted, 4 January 1943. Four battle stars. Purple Heart. Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement.
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Bangor Public Library Annual Report 1947
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She\u27s Ready, Too -- Buy War Bonds
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Reading of the 110 Names in the Book of Honor [from the Dedication City of Bangor World War II Book of Honor Dedication Ceremony, Municipal Auditorium 8:00 PM, 30 May 1947]
No full textThe Book of Honor was created just following World War II to honor those of Bangor who had died during the War. Mr. L. Felix Ranlett, then Librarian of the Bangor Public Library, and a veteran of WWI, put this book together to honor Bangor\u27s fallen. There are 113 veterans, who gave their lives in almost every campaign and major battle of the Second World War.
The dedication ceremony was broadcast live & recorded by WLBZ Bangor. The complete recording is about 57 minutes -- only ten minutes are presented here. These ten minutes correspond with the reading of each man\u27s name -- accompanined by his page in the Book of Honor -- at the dedication. The Reverend Lewis M. Brehaut, pastor at the First Baptist Church of Bangor, reads the names.
Also included are pages from the program of the dedication presented to the audience on that day
Olson, Vaughan Reginald
No full textVaughan Reginald Olson. Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 871st Bombardment Squadron, 497th Bombardment Group, 20th Air Force.
14 April 1923 - 4 January 1945.
Radio Operator Olson trained at Scott Field, Illinois; Salina, Kansas; and other stations from January 1942 until going overseas November 1944. His B29 did not return to Saipan from her mission over Nagoya, Japan. Harmony High School, 1941. Athlete. Amateur musician. Welder with New England Shipbuilding Corporation. Citation of Honor.
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Keith, Austin Rodney
No full textAustin Rodney Keith. 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces. Aircraft Commander (1st Pilot) B-29 Superfortress, 21st Bomber Command, 20th Air Force.
13 April 1919 - 25 February 1945.
A good fighter, graduate of Luke Field, he bombed Truk, Hamamatsu, and Tokyo. From Tokyo he has not returned. Bangor High School, 1937. Captain Company A. University of Maine, class of 1942. Finished Soldier, accomplished actor, and prize-winning dramatist. His war play, Prelude to Courage , was widely performed. Purple Heart.
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