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About 350 people came out to remember Galen Cole during a memorial service Saturday that included a 21-gun salute to honor the World War II veteran and stories from a number of his friends and family members. The speakers at the service talked about Cole’s narrow survival of a German artillery attack and his subsequent lifelong effort to build appreciation for the nation’s veterans, including by starting the Cole Land Transportation Museum and a charitable foundation with his wife Sue. Cole, who also ran his family’s trucking company for many years and served one term on the Bangor City Council, died Jan.