World War 11 V-Disc

For military members deployed during World War II, familiar entertainment from beloved musicians was hard to find.

Enter V-Disc, a record label created by the American military during World War II to boost soldier morale while abroad. From 1943 to 1949, many popular artists recorded with friends and acquaintances at rival record labels. By the end of the decade, however, the masters had been destroyed and any existing V-Discs at military bases discarded. 

Luckily, the Internet Archive’s Great 78 Project features a large number of these V-Disc recordings, which range from military marching songs to love ballads, and big band to swing. Below are just a handful of the V-Discs available to browse–but you can see the full collection here!

July Historical Society Newsletter


Happy Summer from the Historical Society! We know you are all looking forward to our exhibit “Growing Up on Chebeague”. Sadly, we have to postpone its opening until mid-July. We will keep you updated! Find July’s newsletter here

In case you want to refer to prior newsletters, here is the link to the Historical Society archive of newsletters. https://www.chebeaguehistory.com/monthly-newsletter-archive

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2022 Memorial Day Service- Video link is ready !

On Monday May 30th we will celebrate Chebeague’s Memorial Day.

Again, like last year, our Memorial Day program will be offered on line.

At this time we will honor those men and woman who have passed on and served our nation believing in the blessing of Freedom .

Many thanks to those who have participated in this program as well as those who have made this all possible