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Small, Charles Edward
No full textCharles Edward Small. Private First Class, U.S. Army Infantry. 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division.
31 December 1921 - 29 May 1944.
With the Thunderbird Division he fought in Tunisia, Sicily, through the Apennines, and at Anzio, dying of accident at Nettuno, near Anzio, as the engagement ended. Entered service, February 1943. Trained at Fort McLellan, Alabama. Landed in Africa, 6 June 1943. For three years a student at Bangor High School.
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Ayer, Donald Holman
No full textDonald Holman Ayer. Lieutenant, 17th Duke of York\u27s Royal Canadian Hussars of Montreal.
22 April 1912 - 4 March 1945.
For distinguished services before the enemy awarded the Military Cross, 1944. Graduated, Choate School, 1930; United States Naval Academy, 1934; graduate student, Harvard University, 1937. Estate and industrial administrator. Joined the Canadian Army 4 July 1940. Fought in Normandy, Holland, and Germany. Twice wounded. Killed in action near Cleve, Prussia.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/book_of_honor_images/1097/thumbnail.jp
Willette, John A.
No full textJohn A. Willette. Private First Class, U.S. Army Infantry. 16th Armored Infantry, 45th Division.
28 May 1918 - 4 April 1945.
Fighting with the Thunderbird Division he earned four battle stars; in Italy, Southern France, and the Rhineland. Wounded, November 1944. Later returned to combat. Killed in action in the Harz Mountains, Germany. Student at John Bapst High School. Engaged in aircraft construction. Hunter and fisherman. Purple Heart with oak-leaf cluster.
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Bertels, Jr., Bernard Joseph
No full textBernard Joseph Bertels, Jr. Captain, U.S. Army Infantry 43rd Division.
1 August 1916 - 22 January 1945.
After fighting at Guadalcanal the Northern Solomons, and New Guinea he was killed on Luzon while commanding his infantry company in action. Graduated, Bangor High School, 1934; Hebron Academy, 1935. State of Maine Scholarship, Bowdoin College, 1935. Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin, 1939. In civil life an insurance investigator. Purple Heart.
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Crawford, Sr., Walter L.
No full textWalter L. Crawford, Sr. Chief Cook, Merchant Marine - S.S. Peter V. Daniels.
25 February 1890 - 4 December 1944.
As a youth served three years in the Navy. Returned to the sea 28 October 1944 as chief cook aboard S.S. Peter V. Daniels. Died of illness. Buried at St. James Military Cemetery, Morlaix, Finistere, France. Graduated U.S. Naval Cooks School, Newport, R.I. In civil life chef at various Bangor institutions.
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Graffam, Thomas R.
No full textThomas R. Graffam. Flight Officer, U.S. Army Air Forces. 1st Group, 94th Fighter Squadron, 15th Air Force.
20 March 1925 - 21 January 1945.
While stationed in Italy, as the pilot of a Lightning Fighter with the oldest P-38 group in the Air Forces, he was shot down over the North Adriatic Sea. Graduated, Bangor High School, 1942. Eagle Scout. In business briefly. Trained at three fields in California and at Williams Field, Arizona.
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Robinson, Jr., Waldo E.
No full textWaldo E. Robinson, Jr. Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces.
13 December 1924 - 13 January 1945.
Flying toward a new assignment in Europe, as ballgunner and armorer on a B-24 he died in an accidental crash at Goose Bay, Labrador. Trained at Lowry, Harlingen, Mitchel, and Westover Fields, and at Greensboro, N.C., and Charleston, S.C. Served for seventeen months. Graduated, Bangor High, 1943. Radio singer. Out-of-doorsman.
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Budway, John N.
No full textJohn N Budway. Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, 5th Marine Division.
29 July 1923 - 6 March 1945.
Wounds received at Iwo Jima caused his death. Fought, previously, at Saipan, Tinian, and Guam. Enlisted 1942. Trained, Parris Island. Sailed overseas, 1944. Participated in football, basketball, and boxing at John Bapst High School where he graduated, 1941. Engaged one year in assembling Pratt and Whitney airplane motors. Purple Heart.
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The story of the 390th Bombardment Group (H)
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This war is done. The guns have ceased their cough and the dead are restored to the dust from which they sprang. The earthbound living struggle on -- snarled in ruthless strife and shabby prejudice.
Once more the needle chatters in the roughened groove of peace.
But in his brief moment of selfless freedom the warrior widened our horizon. He revealed the unity and strength of which we are capable .
This book is more than a record of high achievement. It is of the future no less than of the past. It is prophecy. It marks the altitude to which the spirit of man can soar. It is a portent of what life may be when we have learned to labor, as these soldiers did, for the common good. It will remain a fount of refreshment when the heart grows heavy and the light of hope burns dim.
Howard Vincent O\u27Brie
Surf and sand, the saga of the 533d Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment and 1461st Engineer Maintenance Company, 1942-1945
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In these pages will be found the story of our own 533d in the greatest of all the wars of the world. It is a story of toil and hardship and danger mixed with happy interludes and comradeships made the dearer thereby, a story of great deeds in the face of great obstacles, of reverses and disappointments but of pride and glory in the end.
This book is not written to impress others with our deeds. In the many commendations of high commanders is found the testimony to our success in an unusual and most important role in many landings on enemy-held shores. In our own minds and hearts are the priceless memories of our great adventure and the pride that comes from the knowledge of a job well done. May these pages help to keep them fresh through the years to come.
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