WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM AND PARTNERS TO HOST “WORLD WAR 100: A CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM”

...and initiatives. To learn more about the Commission activities, visit worldwar1centennial.org # # # Wisconsin Veterans Museum · 30 West Mifflin Street, Madison, WI 53703 · 608.267.1799 www.WisVetsMuseum.com · www.facebook.com/WisconsinVeteransMuseum...

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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

...see that I’d been a POW. They wouldn’t let me buy drinks. Occasionally we could buy drinks.” (34:10-35:26) Hanneman said that remarkably he doesn’t have any hard feelings towards the...

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Tarra Gundrum on What is Possible

...GUNDRUM: I mean, that's probably it for the most part. There was this other-- I don't even know if I ever told you about this, but there's this lady. Her...

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

Tuesday Nov. 27, 1917   Dear Mother:- Yesterday’s letter was intended to take the place of the one I didn’t have a chance to write Sunday. Jack Bainbridge’s brother, wife...

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Giving Opportunities in 2021-2022

...the museum's battle flag collection efforts and conservation, visit https://www.wisconsinbattleflags.com/. Veterans Legacy Society For more than 100 years the Wisconsin Veterans Museum has preserved the stories of Wisconsin’s veterans. Now...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM FEATURES “WAR : RAW HEALING MILITARY TRAUMA THROUGH EXPRESSIVE ART” EXHIBIT

...– The Wisconsin Veterans Museum today announced that it will host “WAR : RAW Healing Military Trauma Through Expressive Art,” an art exhibit featuring nearly 60 works of art created...

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Reflecting on PTSD: Experiences and Recovery

...you have a belief about how the world works, and you have, you know, there’s—we all think there’s rules about how the world works. And when those rules get broken...

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

June 3rd [1917] Dear Folks:- Another week gone by. Soon it will be time to split up into the different branches and have to work harder than ever. Before I...

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Wisconsin Was There: Desert Storm Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Persian Gulf War, Part I

...had exceeded 80,000 by February 18th and estimates of Iraqi war dead were rumored to be approaching 100,000. To date, less than 100 American soldiers had been killed in action,...

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