Our Acadian, French Canadian, and Maine VeteransOur Acadian, French-Canadian, and Maine Ancestors web site includes the following information on our military veterans: We also honor our current living relatives who have participated in the Iraq War. Our Military AncestorsOur Military Ancestors page provides a brief synopsis of our ancestors who served in the military from the early days of the New France colony when the Carrignan-Salieres Regiment arrived to fight the Iroquois Indians to the Vietnam War. See the list of ancestors who fought in the regiment. Civil WarAmong the Civil War veterans we find the Boucher brothers and cousins on my wife's side of the family who were part of the 8th and 9th Maine Infantry Regiment. For the list of relatives who participated in the Civil War. World War IFor the list of relatives who participated in the First World War. Our site also includes a searchable database of World War I Veterans from Northern Aroostook County in Maine. See my recommended reading list on recent World War I books and maps of key battles in which the U.S. American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was involved. World War IIFor the list of relatives who participated in the Second World War. See the Wikipedia on World War II and the World War II Timeline for an exhaustive day by day timeline, covering every event that occured during World War 2, by military theatre and in chronological order from 1939 through to 1945, which gives a fascinating insight into the most devastating war in our history. See the National WWII Memorial and search the electronic World War II Registry of Americans who contributed to the war effort. See the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School's collection of original World War II documents and the World War II Resources for more original documents. The following relatives in our database gave their lives for their country in World War II:
Korean WarFor the list of relatives who participated in the Korean War. See the Wikipedia on the Korean War and the detailed history of the forces sent by many of the United Nations member states that participated in the conflict in Korea. See the Korean War Project and also the information on the founder of the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C. If you are a Korean War veteran who served in country or in direct support off the waters of Korea or in the air over Korea, see the Korean War web site on how to obtain the Korean War medal you are entitled to wear. The following relatives in our database gave their lives for their country in the Korean War:
Vietnam WarFor the list of relatives who participated in the Vietnam War. See also the following pages on the Ia Drang Valley veterans on Veterans Day 1995, Veterans Day 2005, Ia Drang 40th Anniversary, and the Ia Drang Sunrise Service in November 2005. See the Vietnam Map that Mom kept from 1968 which displays a popup box when mousing over locations and indicates the relatives and friends who served there and the photos I took when in country. The following relative in our database gave his life for his country in Vietnam:
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Last updated 29 March 2019