The Price of a Name by Kevin Hampton

...comrades know the cost of what price they would have to pay to earn the name of the “Iron Brigade.” Unfortunately for Gage, he would never know the famous moniker...

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William Rettenmund, Vietnam, 1966

Wisconsinites Serving During the Holidays

...you know, there is. There was an incident I had, you know, when I told you my mom was kind of upset about me getting orders to go to Vietnam....

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Headshot photograph of Alannah McReavey

Alannah McReavey on Giving Back

...know, the etiquette when you're standing up and directing people. Again, I felt like I was quite nervous, like thinking, oh, my gosh, you got some high ranking, you know,...

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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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Headshot photograph of Chester L. Krause

Chester Krause on the Liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp

...high, one, you know, on top of another. So, you know, it was six by six by, or six by seven or something like that, and there would have been...

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Brig. Gen. Mark E. Anderson, Wisconsin's deputy adjutant general for Army, Chief Warrant Officer 5 William D. Krueck, the state's command chief warrant officer, and Command Sgt. Maj. Rafael Conde, the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s senior enlisted advisor, welcome back Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team at Volk Field Air National Guard Base as they return following a deployment to support hurricane relief operations, Sept. 16, 2017. On Sept. 8, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed an executive order, which authorized the adjutant general to call elements of the Wisconsin National Guard to state active duty, as necessary. The 32nd IBCT and select other Wisconsin National Guard units were called to state active duty to assist Florida. 112th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment photo by Spc. Jared Saathoff/Released.The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement. 3781928. Public domain.

Wisconsin Rapids Mark E. Anderson Reflects on Iraq

...bird, and the flight crew lands, you know. There's nobody there to greet me. I have no idea, you know. I'm getting ready to walk off the ramp, and I...

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Vietnam countryside seen from a helicopter, soldier’s silhouette in the foreground.

Reflecting on PTSD: Experiences and Recovery

...it really messes you up because then you don’t know how to—you have—the memories come back because your mind doesn’t know where to put ‘em away. It likes to organize...

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Photo of J. Birney Dibble during the Korean War

Eau Claire Veteran J. Birney Dibble Recalls Korean War

...They took up to a month. Yeah, they were pretty popular, and you know, one thing that we didn’t have? We didn’t have enough of the little mantels for our...

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Micabil Diaz Talks About His Experience in Sarajevo

...I told him, y'know, used to give him a couple 'a boxes of Marlboroughs. He loved it. We were gonna be rotating back to the United States. And, what happened...

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

...for the cookies I enjoyed them very much. This afternoon I mailed my laundry, let me know when you get it, so that I will know when to send it....

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