A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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... stories or were unable to determine ex- actly where the explosives were placed . One of the rumors even carried all the way back home to southern Maine where , on July 30 , readers of the Portsmouth Journal read a story that had been ...
... stories or were unable to determine ex- actly where the explosives were placed . One of the rumors even carried all the way back home to southern Maine where , on July 30 , readers of the Portsmouth Journal read a story that had been ...
Page 295
... story of the buried medals , then others must know it as well , and it was possible that someone might take an interest in hunting for them and digging them up . Our joint decision was that the medals should be made the object of a ...
... story of the buried medals , then others must know it as well , and it was possible that someone might take an interest in hunting for them and digging them up . Our joint decision was that the medals should be made the object of a ...
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... story was unfolded by two clip- pings from the Portsmouth Herald indicating that the focus of excitement had centered upon Kittery following the publication of Mrs. Weare's story . The clipping dated July 13 bore a long black headline ...
... story was unfolded by two clip- pings from the Portsmouth Herald indicating that the focus of excitement had centered upon Kittery following the publication of Mrs. Weare's story . The clipping dated July 13 bore a long black headline ...
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