Jewish Mainers in the military from the Civil War to today

Certificate classifying Harry Sclar as in 'class 4' by the Local Board Div no 1 (a WWI War Department classification) 9-Feb-19

Minna Green (Pfeffer)in England 1945

Arm Band

• Minsky Warden Armband c. 1943 (Bangor)

Citizens' Military Training Camp, Fort McKinley

• Jewish Brotherhood Formed at C. M. T. C. [Citizens' Military Training Camp, Fort McKinley] 12 Aug 1928 (South Portland)

Civil War

• Civil War sack coat 1861 (Augusta)
• At Battle of Gettsburg, Jewish Heros Fought For Both North and South 7/5/2013 (Brunswick)

Draft

• Certificate classifying Harry Sclar as in 'class 4' by the Local Board Div no 1 - envelope 9-Feb-19 (Portland)
• Certificate classifying Harry Sclar as in 'class 4' by the Local Board Div no 1 (a WWI War Department classification) 9-Feb-19 (Portland)

Exhibition

• Maine's Jews in America's Wars 06/13/11 (Waterville)

Flying The Torah To The Troops

• Captain Gordon, pilot, and 'Flying Torah,' Bangor 1945 (Bangor)

In Uniform

• Solomon Crasnick in Uniform date not known (Portland)
• Al Harrisburg as a WWI Doughboy 1917 (to be determined)
• Gerald Lewis Kaprow circa 1942
• Melvin Lane circa 1942
• Meyer Bornstein in Uniform circa 1940 (to be determined)
• Sylvia and Harold Woolf circa 1942
• Abraham Greenblatt 1944 (Bath)
• Reuben Karlin Italy WWII circa 1944

Medals

• Burton Shiro's World War II service medals, Waterville 06/13/11 (Waterville)

Military Service

• Jewish War Veterans of the United States National Headquarters Charter granted to Bangor Post No 507 on Dec. 10 1946 date not known (Bangor)
• Augusta Jewish Civil War Hero , by Anthony Douin, Capital Weekly May 31 2007 page A10 1861 (Augusta)
• Sheiffer, Bornstein, and Tarr heading off to WWII March 10, 1941 (Auburn)
• Anna, Maynard, and Ada Green with Maynard in his military uniform 1942 circa (Rockland)
• Jewish Pilot of Flying Fortress Decorated for Bravery in No. Africa 15 July 1943 (Portland)
• Bringing Jewish life to soldiers, Bangor, 1945 1945 (Bangor)
• Jewish War Veterans - Cousins Post summer 2005 (state-wide)

Not Yet Classified

• Troop 169 Anniversary Celebration date not known
• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bathx)
• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bathx)
• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Presque Isle)
• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
• Maine's Jewish Heroes: Fallen Servicemen date not known (Maine - statewide)
• Jewish Advocate -- 1919-03-20 3/20/1919 (Bath )
• Jewish Advocate -- 1922-01-26 1/26/1922 (Bath )
• Minsky Warden Armband c. 1943 (Bangor)
• Captain Gordon and 'Flying Torah,' Bangor 1945 (Bangor)
• Captain Gordon poses with the 'Flying Torah,' Bangor 1945 (Bangor)
• Sidney Levine after WWII circa 1945 (Portland)
• Choir, interdenominational church service, Portland, ca. 1954 c. 1954 (Portland)

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Not Yet Classified

• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
• Flying Rabbi Harold H Gordon circa 1944 (Bangor)
• Lee Tabenken military portrait circa 2004 (Portland)
• Lisa and Lee Tabenken US Navy circa 2004 (Portland)

Not Yet Classified

• Pvt Joe Zulofsky, Fort Sill, Oklahoma date not known (Portland)
• Alexander and John Harrisburg in World War I 1917 (Lewiston)
• Air Force Decision on Rabbi Does Not Settle Issue. Colpa Says 8/8/1979 (Bangor)

Russian Army

• Jacob Rolnick (then Jacob Melamud), in his Russian Army uniform date not known (Russia)

Training

• Jewish Advocate -- 1918-04-11 4/11/1918 (Bath )

V-J Day

• A V-J Day celebration, August 14, 1945 08/14/45 (Waterville)

Veteran Burials

• Veterans Buried in the Smith Street Cemetery 2014 (Portland)

War Bonds

• World War I Yiddish poster encouraging Jews to buy war bonds 1914 circa

Women In Military

• Minna Green (Pfeffer)in England in military uniform 1945 (Portland)
• Portrait of Minna Green in a military uniform in England 1945 (Portland)

World War I

• Arthur Lipsky and Another on "City of Bangor" date not known (Bangor)
• World War I Registration Certificate for Harry Sclar 5-Jun-17 (Portland)
• Private John Harrisburg 1918

World War II

• 451st Bombardment Group - pg 1 Year not known
• Irwin Kaplan in Italy Year not known
• Irwin Kaplan in Italy_2 Year not known

WW II

• Archie & Abe Leibowitz WWII Year not known