The Littlest Tugboat is a cheerful children's book about a family of tugboats that works hard to guide ships up and down the Kennebec River. Tommy, the littlest tugboat, chafes when his mother tells him to stay home during stormy weather, while his bigger siblings are hard at work. When Tommy ventures out on his own, he discovers a barge carried toward a low bridge by the storm”only the littlest tugboat can save the day, and the bridge, by guiding the barge to safety.

Littlest Tugboat

Children's Books

McGrail, Sarah Sherman

Action & Adventure

Islandport Press

Two wars defined the men and women of Southport Island and the Boothbay Region-the Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam War (1964-1975). Join these veterans as they tell their stories in their own words through their remembrances, letters, and photographs.Fight Communist expansion in Korea; learn how a petrol supply company was run in Inchon; withstand freezing cold and searing heat on a desolate landscape; sweep for land mines in the Khumwha Valley and learn how the 8208 MASH saved a local man's life. Fly missions with a helicopter crew chief over Loc Ninh, Song Be, and Tay Ninh; patrol the Mekong Delta in a Patrol Boat, River (PBR); live the Vietnam experience through a mortar platoon soldier's letters home; ride on convoy duty with the Marines Rolling 11th Rough Riders from Chu Lai to Quang Tri; help evacuate Saigon aboard the USS Midway; rescue the crew of the merchant ship with the Coast Guard, and deliver supplies to Vietnam with a Merchant Mariner. This is a rare opportunity to explore the real-life experiences of service men and women over the course of two wars and the time in between, with many of their histories being told for the very first time. Join us in admiration of these amazing Korean and Vietnam War veterans as we start Looking Back.

Looking Back: A History of Boothbay Region's Veterans during the Korean and Vietnam Wars

History

Americas

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Two wars defined the men and women of Southport Island and the Boothbay Region—the Korean War (1950–1953) and the Vietnam War (1964–1975). Join these veterans as they tell their stories in their own words through their remembrances, letters, and photographs. Fight Communist expansion in Korea; learn how a petrol supply company was run in Inchon; withstand freezing cold and searing heat on a desolate landscape; sweep for land mines in the Khumwha Valley and learn how the 8208 MASH saved a local man’s life. Fly missions with a helicopter crew chief over Loc Ninh, Song Be, and Tay Ninh; patrol the Mekong Delta in a Patrol Boat, River (PBR); live the Vietnam experience through a mortar platoon soldier’s letters home; ride on convoy duty with the Marines Rolling 11th Rough Riders from Chu Lai to Quang Tri; help evacuate Saigon aboard the USS Midway; rescue the crew of the merchant ship with the Coast Guard, and deliver supplies to Vietnam with a Merchant Mariner. This is a rare opportunity to explore the real-life experiences of service men and women over the course of two wars and the time in between, with many of their histories being told for the very first time. Join us in admiration of these amazing Korean and Vietnam War veterans as we start Looking Back.

Looking Back Volume II: A History of Boothbay Region's Veterans During the Korean and Vietnam Wars

Picture a small island community, just off the coast of Maine, at the time of the Second World War. With a population just over 400, Southport Island had 75 men and women serving in the armed forces. This book encompasses their service, as well as the stories of veterans who moved on the island after the war. This is a rare chance to see the war through the eyes of the people who lived it.Take a walk back in time, through the pages of this book, and learn how Southport was affected by rationing, blackouts, and air raid drills. Residents of the island reveal their experiences with enemy submarines, horse meat, and a lack of silk stockings. It's a colorful assortment of island history that shouldn't be missed!The final section of the book reflects stories of war-torn Europe and the Pacific, as told by friends and acquaintances of the author, Sarah Sherman Brewer. Twelve nationalities are represented in all, and their stories of hardship and survival are truly remarkable. The author undertook this project because she felt her generation did not have a good understanding of the Second World War and decided these experiences were going to be lost to future generations if they weren't put down in writing. It's an extraordinary undertaking that will leave the reader clamoring for more!

Southport: The War Years: An Island Remembers

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Littlest Tugboat

Looking Back: A History of Boothbay Region's Veterans during the Korean and Vietnam Wars

Looking Back Volume II: A History of Boothbay Region's Veterans During the Korean and Vietnam Wars

Southport: The War Years: An Island Remembers