Mexican Expedition
...later, on July 24. The first Wisconsin units, Troop A and Battery A, left their home soil on July 1 and arrived at Camp Wilson, Texas four days later. Located...
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...
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...
WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES LINEUP OF FALL 2014 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
...and historian This year marks 100 years since the beginning of “The Great War” in Europe. Join us as former journalist Jennifer Rude Klett, author of “Alamo Doughboy: Marching into...
“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...
Part I: Okinawa: Genesis of a Battle
...forces. Defending the island were the 100,000 Japanese soldiers of Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima’s 32d Army. The defenders included veterans of fighting in China, reinforcements from Manchuria and Japan proper,...
Month of the Military Child: Augustus Patchin and Family
By Russell Horton, Reference & Outreach Archivist The Wisconsin Veterans Museum focuses on preserving the stories of men and women who serve in the US military. But very often, in...
Part V: THE END OF THE WAR
...General MacArthur estimated 100,000 U.S. losses in the first 30 days of an invasion of the Japanese home islands, while Army planners in Washington estimated casualties as high as 1...
Suffrage Through Service: How Military Service Expanded Voting Rights
...to his parents is below. Editorial Cartoon - If you are good enough for war, you are good enough to vote. U.S. Army photo Almost 100 years prior to...