Memorial Day in World War II May 26 Written By RWhitcomb-editor Members of the American Legion (veterans) and Boy Scouts mark Memorial Day in tiny Ashland, Maine, in 1943. Most of the town’s young men were off serving the effort to win World War II. The town calls itself “Gateway to the North Maine Woods’’.— Photo by John Collier for the Office of War Information AshlandMaineMemorial Day RWhitcomb-editor
Memorial Day in World War II May 26 Written By RWhitcomb-editor Members of the American Legion (veterans) and Boy Scouts mark Memorial Day in tiny Ashland, Maine, in 1943. Most of the town’s young men were off serving the effort to win World War II. The town calls itself “Gateway to the North Maine Woods’’.— Photo by John Collier for the Office of War Information AshlandMaineMemorial Day RWhitcomb-editor