{"id":1527,"date":"2026-11-09T06:58:37","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newipswichhistoricalsociety.org\/wpblog1\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2026-11-09T06:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:58:39","slug":"potd-ww2-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newipswichhistoricalsociety.org\/wpblog1\/potd-ww2-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"POTD &#8211; WW2 Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NIHS Photo Album (continued)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">151 young men and 21 young women from New Ipswich served in WWII. Hazel Moore Balch created a collection of their photos. We are in the process of cataloging them into our database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poltrackpix.smugmug.com\/New-Ipswich-Historical-Society\/n-XV6k6C\/New-Ipswich-WWII-Veterans\/i-DCx3bgz\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-DCx3bgz\/0\/M72TsqW2pT3GVkDhwJJCL8jKT42h4T9cvQRhJzmSZ\/XL\/AtsoOLehtola-XL.jpg\" alt=\"Atso O. Lehtola\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Atso O. Lehtola  Catalog number 1996.272.063<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poltrackpix.smugmug.com\/New-Ipswich-Historical-Society\/n-XV6k6C\/New-Ipswich-WWII-Veterans\/i-63wWp8S\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-63wWp8S\/0\/LmgfV4HR9kQ743jSz9qv7kXBLBC3pGnTmQsnxVPxx\/X2\/AlfredAntoineDesrosiers-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Alfred Antoine Desrosiers\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alfred Antoine Desrosiers Catalog 1996.272.481<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">James Roger Diary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 9, 1908 (Monday)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Mild and spring like day. Frost in morning. Souhegan had thin sheet of ice on it. David down town on roads. I got team from Joe Silver and went to Greenville to meet Jim. Bought some things at Grainey\u2019s got bag of grain. Hamish went with Hollis at 420 pm. David, him and I put up ballot boxes in Hall and guard rails. 2 cans of gas came by Hollis for Hall. The lecture was fairly good but too classical for the majority of New Ipswich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>151 young men and 21 young women from New Ipswich served in WWII. Hazel Moore Balch created a collection of their photos. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"151 young men and 21 young women from New Ipswich served in WWII. Hazel Moore Balch created a collection of their photos. 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