Rows of archival boxes at the State Archive Preservation Facility in Madison

Federal Grant Awarded to Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...our online database.” In total, 218 projects were selected out of 568 proposals with total grants awarded at $31,509,007. Museums for America supports projects that strengthen the ability of individual...

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Drink & Draw February

...RSVP to the event and you will receive the link to the online event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation....

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Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud Jr

...the enemy charged from a brush-covered area less than 100 feet from him, Red Cloud sounded the alarm to his fellow soldiers and immediately grabbed his Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)....

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CALL SIGN: GRIM REAPER

...recalled wearing this jungle utility jacket “in excess of 100 days in the jungle on the Laos/Vietnam boarder on long range recon patrols”. The so-called ERDL camouflage pattern seen here—named...

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Mexican Expedition

...of blank ammunition during the exercise. The mock battle and long march gave the men valuable experience in organization, fighting, and supplying men in the field. Soon after, the United...

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WVM Foundation

WVM Foundation TESTIMONIALS Look forward to returning soon. Excellent family experience. David Gray Wonderful place to track your patriotic ancestors back to Spanish American war, Civil War, etc, and connect...

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Membership Draft

Become a member today! For more than 100 years the Wisconsin Veterans Museum has preserved the memories of Wisconsin’s military veterans. As a member you will experience what makes the...

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Here Lies Lieutenant Wemple

...during a naval barrage, one of the Juniata’s 100 lb. Parrot Rifle’s exploded, killing Lt. Wemple and several other crew members. The following day, he was buried in Beaufort, North...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES LINEUP OF FALL 2014 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

...of Veterans Affairs and is located at 30 W. Mifflin St., across from the State Capitol. -30- 201 West Washington Avenue | Madison, Wisconsin 53707 1-800-WIS-VETS | WisVets@dva.wisconsin.gov | WisVets.com...

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“These Numbers All Mean Something”

By Russell Horton, Reference & Outreach Archivist “I’ve got documents that I brought out of Korea… just pieces of paper with numbers on them. They are very old. These numbers...

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