Photo of J. Birney Dibble during the Korean War

Eau Claire Veteran J. Birney Dibble Recalls Korean War

...started and there was a ruling that affected a lot of doctors, that if they’d been in seventeen months or more in the Second World War as a doctor, they...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM PUTS ORAL HISTORY RECORDINGS ONLINE

...the recorded interview online. The primary purpose for OHMS is to empower users to more effectively and efficiently discover information in an online oral history. OHMS is an open source,...

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A Lesson in Resiliency From the Bataan Death March

...night, arriving back at their train one of the doctors came to admit the soldiers to the hospital and had quite a surprise. “Hell, they're drunk. We can't examine them,"...

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

...is a stock holder and as a member of his family I get a 10% discount on all I buy. Of course I will try to get everything there but...

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Giving Opportunities in 2021-2022

...continued to work diligently behind-the-scenes to provide you with online content and programming, which proved to be a huge success! Due to a larger reach across the U.S. and abroad,...

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Honoring LGBTQ+ Veterans of Wisconsin

...Other duties included picking up numerous Japanese net balls and monitoring Soviet ships. In his time off, ensign, then later Lieutenant Junior Grade Reed spent time on the beach at...

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The Price of a Name by Kevin Hampton

...the Iron Brigade of the West.” – Cincinnati Daily Commercial, September 22, 1862 Comprised of the 2nd, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin Infantry, as well as the 19th Indiana, General John...

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Ghost Mountain Commander from Neillsville

...sale in our online bookstore: The Ghost Mountain Boys: Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea In the future, we hope to post another Ghost Mountain soldier’s...

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Beckel in IV training in AIT. WVM.OH2238

I AM NOT INVISIBLE 3.0: WOMEN VETERANS TELL THEIR STORIES

...or intubating you know. Crike, a cricothyrotomy. You know all stuff that in civilian life only a doctor is going to do or a PhD. Basically, a combat medic your...

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Headshot photograph of Chester L. Krause

Chester Krause on the Liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp

...He took them to visit the hospital doctor, who asked the group for D-rations, which typically consisted of chocolate bars. The doctor gave tiny slivers of the chocolate to sick...

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