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Author Margaret Shiels Konitzky reveals the stories of local heroes and the relentless spirit of midcoast Maine. While World War II raged overseas, the people of midcoast Maine responded with remarkable achievements on the homefront. The shipyard at Bath Iron Works launched a new destroyer every seventeen days. Bowdoin College had more military than civilian students and held three commencements per year. Boothbay Harbor, Bailey Island and Damariscotta all had military bases, and anyone who owned or sailed a boat was recruited for coastal defense. Women worked at machine shops, registered their neighbors for rationing and volunteered for the Civil Defense and Red Cross. Author Margaret Shiels Konitzky reveals the stories of local heroes and the relentless spirit of midcoast Maine.
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Many letters and envelopes, addressed to Pert. Includes newspaper clippings about the bells; letters to and from Pert who was trying to find out where the bells had gone; and correspondence from residents anxious to have the public know of the historic value of the bells.
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