FAMED BALD EAGLE MASCOT “OLD ABE” CONFIRMED AS MALE DNA TESTING OF MASCOTS FEATHERS ANSWERS 150 YEAR OLD DEBATE

...giving speeches about Old Abe having laid eggs, asserting the bird was actually female. Further evidence for this claim was made in 1915 when Old Abe’s taxidermist made a similar...

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Tarra Gundrum on What is Possible

...do I gain the respect of a platoon?" Being a female platoon sergeant of all males, there's no other females, I'm the female. And he was like, "You can't have...

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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 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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Marcia Anderson, the Trailblazer

...Fort Bragg, N.C., March 25, 2014. Anderson, the Army's first African American female major general highlighted the accomplishments of women dating back to the Revolutionary War and the current evaluation...

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Movie Night Virtual Discussion- Female Agents (2008)

...will look at 2008’s Female Agents. Following the story of a five-woman task force set to rescue a British geologist from a German hospital in 1944. This program is for...

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Listening to Learn: Oral Histories from Women in Service

...[Air Force Base], I made a lot of firsts. I was the first female Phase Two student. And they didn’t know what to do with me. It took me a...

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Making History by Guest Author SSG Sonia Buchanan

...AANDS (Assessment and Selection) for females for a new addition to the Special Operations community, CST (Cultural Support Team). A CST is a two female team that allows specially selected...

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Remembering the Korean Armistice: 1,100 Days as a Prisoner of War

...with-- they thought I had something-- my chest [inaudible] were bad. I couldn't breathe good, and I had-- my ears were all plugged. So, I got to fly home in...

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WORLD WAR I STORIES FROM A CENTURY AGO TOLD IN VETS’ OWN WORDS IS A FIRST FOR WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM

...members educate more than 30,000 schoolchildren and welcome some 100,000 visitors. For more on the Museum’s main gallery exhibits, collections and events, log on to www.WisVetsMuseum.com. Contact: Karen Burch Senior...

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