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Looking for Light

...service in World War II, (December, 1945), this image features a soldier at the rail of a ship to watch a sunset over the Atlantic. Sydney M. Wood, a Lake...

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Jeff Carnes: Veteran in the Spotlight

...1st Armored Division. The unit was charged with leading Task Force Falcon, a part of a NATO-led international peacekeeping force. He returned to the United States in 2001 and continued...

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Jeff Carnes: Veteran in the Spotlight

...1st Armored Division. The unit was charged with leading Task Force Falcon, a part of a NATO-led international peacekeeping force. He returned to the United States in 2001 and continued...

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AUTHOR OF THE PACIFIC, HUGH AMBROSE TO SPEAK IN MADISON

...won eight, including the Emmy for Outstanding Miniseries for 2010. The book spent 17 weeks on the New York Times’ Best Sellers List and was an international best-seller. Gala attendees...

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Virtual Drink & Draw March

...Southern Graphics International Printmaking Conference being held right here in Madison, Wisconsin. Using images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (WVM) collection, WVM’s resident artist and U.S. Army veteran Yvette M....

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March 2022 Virtual! Drink & Draw: Trace Monoprint Memory Drawings

...Southern Graphics International Printmaking Conference being held right her in Madison, Wisconsin. Using images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection, WVM’s resident artist and Army veteran Yvette M. Pino will...

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Honoring Hmong Veterans of Wisconsin

...The Secret War in Laos exhibit in the Wisconsin Veterans Museum gallery. Below are four short audio clips followed by the complete audio interview, Hmong transcripts, and English transcripts. These...

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The Green Bay Tribes: Volunteer Service in the Civil War

...orders from English into Menominee in training and in battle. Hahpahtakwahnoquette, Joseph Nahwahquah, Amable Nashahkahappah, and Felix Wahtahnotte were among the Menominee who were killed during the Battle of the...

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Movie Night: 1917

...film 1917, starring George MacKay, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Dean-Charles Chapman. In a desperate race to deliver a message that could save thousands of troops during World War I, two British...

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Movie Night Virtual Discussion – Paths of Glory (1957)

...follows the story of 3 World War I soldiers who refuse to continue on an impossible mission, and their commanding officer who takes up their defense during their court-martial. Starring...

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