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Badgers and the Day of Infamy

...and bombers attacked Hickam Field, smaller ships, and naval base installations. As explosions shattered the Sunday peace, those on the ground and on ships scrambled for duty stations and to...

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Staff and volunteers improvised the unloading of the Stuart tank upon its arrival.

Marking Time at 30 West Mifflin

...the mannequins. The Wisconsin National Guard was instrumental with the transport and installation of the oversized aircraft and vehicles that have become focal points of the displays. And with the...

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“Walking Point with London” by Kylee Sekosy

...traps, mines, base camps, and underground tunnel complexes and supplies. In an oral history interview Hooker described an instance in which London came through in the face of doubt and...

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Remembering the USS Cole (DDG 67) 20th Anniversary

...Lac was in Engine Room 1 with four crewmembers when the terrorists exploded their bomb. They were killed instantly as were 13 other crewmembers in the mess deck, the chiefs’...

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Making History by Guest Author SSG Sonia Buchanan

...at all. The entire team knew that cohesion and trust with one another is the most important thing for a successful mission. We were brothers in arms almost instantly. These...

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The Statue on the Square by Guest Author Bob Drane

...flashed before him in that instant. His joyful boyhood in Lier, Norway, three miles to the north of the port city of Drammen. At age eleven, in 1840, the journey...

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The Price of a Name by Kevin Hampton

...that he and his comrades sacrificed for. Killed instantly by a shell striking him in the head and breast during the Battle of South Mountain in the evening of September...

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Volunteer Opportunities

...programming. Some museum education experience is required. Exhibits: assist the curator of history with exhibit development and installation. Gift Store: perform frontline duties as a customer service representative by greeting...

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The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence – May 1917

...the mess hall with the kitchen in the rear. Now that they have installed modern ranges they no longer use the field kitchens described in the Tribune. Each mess hall...

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USS Cole Bombing: The Road to 9/11

...It was there that Nieto and four of his shipmates were killed instantly by the blast from the small boat. Quick action from the well-trained crew saved the Cole from...

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