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Buy Your Extra Bonds Here, 6th War Loan
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Less Dangerous Than Careless Talk
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\u27Of Course I Can!
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Dow Field, Bangor, Maine: Album of Photographs Relating to Dow Field, Bangor, Maine -- Volume 2, Part 4
Get PDFThis two-volume scrapbook set of over 1400 photographs compiled by First Lieutenant Annis G. Thompson, Historical Officer at Dow Field is presented in seven parts. Each part has about 200 photographs each. Each group of 200 photographs are more or less related to each other.
These photographs should be of particular interest to anyone knowing a family member served at Dow Field around 1944. If you know a family member served around this time, there is a strong chance you would find a photograph or more of your relative. Almost all of the photographs that are dated indicate 1944. These photographs primarily cover activities on the base in Bangor, such as drills, at the base hospital, at commander\u27s offices, and much more. However, large groups of pictures covering parties and outings with service member families are included too. Service members travel to Mt. Katahdin area, Schoodic Point, Pushaw Lake, Lake Lucerne, and more -- including a snow skiing trip.
The photographs have been compressed so that we could present all of them in a more browseable format. If you have questions about any photograph, contact Patrick Layne at Bangor Public Library.
Volume 2, Part 4 shows soldiers at the train station in Bangor, office activities on the base at Dow Field, parties and other events at the base, religious ceremonies at the base, a few photographs of soldiers serving as firefighters in Bangor, soldiers and family members on a ski trip, and more.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dow_books/1016/thumbnail.jp
February 7, 1944
Get PDFWe get the scoop in words and photos about a recent Air Base Squadron party at the Bangor House; Know Your Officers provides a brief biography of Waterbury, Connecticut, native LT John J. Kennedy; and we meet CPL Albert Edward Korman, a base radio commentator, who, among other details, reveals how he met his wife and mentions his new baby daughter, Merle.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1027/thumbnail.jp
May 13, 1944
Get PDFSGT Stanley Mikelk, Corporal Al Korman, PVT Julius F. Kenney Jr., and PTV Levin Weiss debate the question Will Russia be a factor contributing to peace in the post-war world? ; Corporal Sheldon Rosenthal is profiled and pictured and his artwork dons the cover; and LT C.S. Ballinger is the officer we meet in Know Your Officers.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1069/thumbnail.jp
To Have and to Hold War Bonds
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Destination -- Berlin! The Transportation Corps will furnish the necessary transportation!
Get PDFIt is with pride and emotion that I indorse this story of the Transportation Corps in the European Theater of Operations. This story is your story: it is the story of your aching muscles, long and arduous hours of unsung labor, and your devotion to duty. It is the story of the unsung stevedore working in the holds and on the quay sides. It is the story of the weary truck driver with his load of precious cargo moving to the front along strange roads with lights blacked out. It is the story of the duck driver, ferrying vital supplies amid mine-infested waters.
It is the story of train and engine crews moving over unknown paths to strange destinations with that same spirit of American railroad man has shown for generations. It is the story of the weary but alert dispatcher, humble section hand, switchman, and dispatch rider, each doing a vital part.
It is the story of the back shop, round house and harbor craft crews; grimy, faithful, essential. It is the story of the tug boat crews in strange and dangerous waters, and the story of the RTO at outlying dumps, control points, and stations. It is the story of men and women working long and arduous hours at desks throughout the Theater. In short, it is your story; it is a tribute to you, and you may well take pride in it.
Major General, U.S. Army Frank S. Rosshttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1136/thumbnail.jp
Pitch In and Help! Join the Women\u27s Land Army of the U.S. Crop Corps
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Don\u27t Shiver Next Winter... Order Coal Now!
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