Residents remember Battleship Maine

“Remember and honor all those who have served our country”

NC1 Jerry McCarthey, left, and PS1 Melinda Schneiderat, right, both of the Naval Operation Support Center, flank Vietnam veteran Don Plummer, center, of Old Town, as the three salute during the playing of taps ... via Bangor Daily News

[Bircha Pierce]

I had to post a comment to the Battleship Maine article. I ran across the headline while I was looking for websites about Maine, Old Town, and related topics. I am 67 years old and my father, yes, my father, was in the Spanish American War (1898) and he saw the Battleship Maine destroyed in Havana Harbor. I have heard many stories about it and I have an 8 or 9 inch sliver of wood that washed up on the shore and my father picked it up. I was born in 1940, and my father was 66 when I was born. He was born in 1874 and died in 1957 (he was 83). Sorry if I've rambled, but I love history.