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The Long haul: the story of the 497th Bomber Group (VH)
Get PDFFrom the Foreword, written by Arnold T. Johnson, Col. A.C., Group Commander:
This book has been prepared and published in the belief that every member of the 497th Bomb Group will want to have its glorious combat history preserved and that every member will desire to have a copy. It is hoped, as you browse through this book in future years, it will serve to remind you of your many friends and team-mates with whom you served. It is hoped, as you glance through the Roll of Honor , it will keep alive your memory of our brave friends who did not return, and of the great sacrifices a war exacts. Because these gallant men made the supreme sacrifice, we are living to enjoy the Four Freedoms for which this war was fought.
As I think back to those days on Saipan, where we lived, worked and fought together, I think of the smoothest functioning team it has ever been my pleasure to serve with. I think of every man performing his duties with loyalty and cooperation and to the best of his ability. Men in the kitchens, on the maintenance line, in the offices, on board the airplanes; each seemed to take pride in making every mission a little better than the last; each knew that his efforts brought the war to a close just a little sooner.
Every-man who fought with the 497th Bomb Group deserves the highest praise and commendation. To each of you I extend my sincere appreciation and congratulations for the job you did so well.
Preparation of this book did not begin until five months after the group had returned to the States. The group was then stationed at MacDill Field, Tampa, Florida. Very few of the enlisted personnel had returned, many of the officers had returned but there were also many new ones assigned. Many staff positions were filled by personnel who were new to the group. The records of the group, including the squadron records, arrived home in a thoroughly disorganized fashion and a considerable amount of the records were never found. These facts together with the difficulties in obtaining the correct status of missing personnel and present locations of all former personnel have made the task of preparing this book very difficult.
It is desired to acknowledge that this book will contain many imperfections and perhaps many errors. The errors are regrettable but everything has been done to avoid them, insofar as has been possible. In spite of this, it is believed that this book is well worth while and will be thoroughly enjoyable to all former personnel of the group.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1109/thumbnail.jp
Bangor Hebrew School: Fortieth Anniversary, 1907-1947
Get PDFPresents an exhaustive history of the Bangor Hebrew School. Past presidents and board members are listed. Many photographs of students current are shown as are photographs of the school\u27s founders and past administrators.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1302/thumbnail.jp
History of the 313th Infantry in World War II
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This history of the 313th Infantry is the result, actually, of a definite policy established early in the career of the Regiment. Col Sterling A. Wood took command in the spring of 1943, and one of the first questions he asked (and he has asked many since) was what was being done about a history of the Regiment. Answers were to the effect that the prospect had not advanced beyond the talking stage. The net result of the discussion was the termination of that stage and the initiation of the next one, i.e., getting something done about it.
Maj (then Capt) Raymond P. Godwin, the Regimental S-2, was given the task of organizing the work. He appointed Pfc Robert G. Deihl as recorder, and Pfc Stig Stabe as photographer. Thereafter a very fine camera was purchased in order that a photographic record of events might be kept, and Pfc Deihl began immediately to write up notes on the history of the Regiment as it had unfolded itself up until that date.
Deihl continued this work until the Regiment went overseas, when it was necessary to leave his accumulated manuscript behind, for security reasons. And, due to the pressure of business (!) in Normandy and elsewhere, there was little time or opportunity to establish the proper cultural surroundings appropriate to literary composition. The mere fact that Deihl was able to transcribe the entries on the Regimental log into a cohesive narrative at all, is a tribute to his industry and ingenuity.
With the end of the war came increased opportunity for work on the history. The breaking up of the Division interfered, of course, but plans were made whereby this obstacle could largely be transcended. Capt Thomas L. Lyons, the last S-2, volunteered to give his free time, after his return to the States, to the furtherance of the work. He and Deihl planned to go into conference with the Infantry Journal Press in Washington, D. C., whose policy on unit histories made the publication of this book possible. It is the spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice of these two that deserves the gratitude of us all.
The book has been written by various people, which largely accounts for its non-uniformity of style. It is not intended to be a literary masterpiece, however, and I am quite sure that none of its authors have the best seller lists in mind. The purpose of this history is merely to entertain the ex-members of the Regiment, and to aid in their reminiscences, both spoken and unspoken.
Colonel Edwin M. Van Bibberhttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1192/thumbnail.jp
Daggett, Jr., Harry V.
No full textHarry V. Daggett, Jr. Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces 873rd Battalion Airborne Engineers. 11 February 1922 - 31 October 1943.
Just one year after enlisting he died through accident during the heavy fighting at Guadalcanal. Trained at Miami Beach, Louisiana State University, Westover Field, and Fort Bragg. Born in Pensacola, Florida. Graduated, Stephens High, Rumford, Maine, 1939. In the retail shoe business in Bangor. His sports were golf and hunting.
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Blake, Edgar Vincent
No full textEdgar Vincent Blake. Private First Class, U.S. Army Infantry.
6 June 1919 - 26 June 1944.
Entered the Army, 29 June 1942. Trained at Camp Gordon, Fort McClellan, and Fort Dix. Went overseas, January 1944. Died in base hospital in England of wounds received in action in Normandy, D-Day plus five. Bangor High School, 1937. Junior varsity basketball manager. In the automobile service business. Purple Heart.
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Rattray, Edwin D.
No full textEdwin D Rattray. Major U.S. Army Field Artillery.
8 December 1893 - 15 September 1945.
Field Artillery officer, 1918-1919. Graduate of Yale, 1919. Between wars an oil operator in the Southwest, he continued in the Officers\u27 Reserve Corps. Recalled to active service, 1942. Saw duty at Fort Knox and Camps Breckinridge and Atterbury. Died in the service of illness. Buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Noye, Raymond Horace
No full textRaymond Horace Noye. Corporal, U.S. Army.
28 May 1918 - 31 December 1944.
Professional soldier. Enlisted at the age of eighteen. Served at many posts. Killed in action in the battle of the Bulge. A native of Bathhurst, New Brunswick. Resident of Olamon, Howland, and Bangor. Studied at Howland High School. Employed in various civil jobs. Active in athletics and interested in horsemanship.
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Fessenden, Charles Albert
No full textCharles Albert Fessenden. Private, U.S. Army Infantry.
15 March 1919 - 27 November 1944.
Entered the service 29 April 1944. Trained at Camp Blanding, Florida. Went overseas in October. Killed in action in the advance on Torcheville, Lorraine, France. Born in Stetson Maine. Graduated from Bangor High School, 1939, and entered the shoe manufacturing business. Married, and was the father of a son David.
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Coffin, Jr., John Leslie
No full textJohn Leslie Coffin, Jr. Private, U.S Army Air Forces. Clark Field, Pampanga ,Philippine Islands. 11 November 1918 - 8 December 1041.
Born the day one war ended, he died in action at Clark Field the day the next began. Following graduation in 1936, from Ellsworth High School, where he was baseball captain, he became a salesman. Enlisted September 1940. Went overseas January 1941. Father of a daughter, Judith Ann. Purple Heart.
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