Theresa M. Dischler: A WAAC’s Story
...skill, and special training of the women of this Nation.” Theresa M. Dischler Theresa M. Dischler, a native of Plain, Wisconsin, joined the WAAC in September 1942 and was the...
Wisconsin Veterans and September 11, 2001
...that sir, but I’m not gonna say you’re wrong.” I said, “Thank you very much.” And I thought, well, I tried. Tried to do my part. Time went on and...
Listening to Learn: Oral Histories from Women in Service
...every branch of the military. In 1978 the Women’s Army Corp was officially disbanded. In January 2013 the restriction on women serving in combat zones was lifted. And in May...
Harold Schmitz
...Topographic Engineer Company. At the time of his conscription, he was working in the art department of Hammersmith-Kortemeyer (H & K) Publishing. The company, which predominantly published law briefs and...
Remember Pearl Harbor
...named in their honor. (Note: On June 16, 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced the identification of the remains of the Barber Brothers.) The Barber Brothers poem, Mss2012.082. ...
WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 2, 2014 Contact: Carla Vigue (608) 266-0517 Carla.Vigue@dva.wisconsin.gov WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATION MADISON, Wis., (May 2, 2014) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison...
Veteran Sweethearts~Rose Jrolf and Fred Ray
...Panama Canal Zone. Fred was transferred to Sedalia in 1944, where he met Rose. The couple lived in Milwaukee after the war. Rose and Fred moved to Milwaukee after...
Elizabeth O’Hara Baehr
...Baehr remembers, “I’m not gonna last very long here. This…I just can’t take it.” In December 1941, at the war’s beginning, there were fewer than 1,000 nurses in the U.S....
Carol A. Johnson
...AFB, TX, Carol Johnson. May 1990 Carol Johnson Reenlistment, Yokosaba, Japan [with] dog Temmi. Frocking – 1st Class, June 22, 1987, Me & Jason, Keflavik, Iceland, Carol Johnson. If your...