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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...

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Lieutenant John D. Winner

...a week, that number had multiplied to 100,000. WVM.1222.I008.02 | Photograph of “The bread pile for PWs” from the album of John Winner, taken during May 1945 at Dietersheim and...

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Curator Conversation: The 30th Anniversary of Operation Desert Storm

...air campaign and the 100-hour land war. Thirty years ago, on February 24, 1991, the final phase of Operation Desert Storm began with the launch of a massive coalition ground...

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Leonard Schutta's crew. Schutta is kneeling in the front row on the left.

Overhead at Omaha Beach with D-Day Flier Leonard Schutta

...many of this portion of the preparatory bombardment prior to the landings missed their targets, dropping their bombs too far inland or, in the case of 100 of the 500...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TO RE-OPEN JULY 1

WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TO RE-OPEN JULY 1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TO RE-OPEN JULY 1 New Exhibits to Highlight Diversity MADISON (June 8, 2021)...

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Marcia Anderson, the Trailblazer

Maj. Gen. Marcia M. Anderson, right, the deputy chief, U.S. Army Reserve, was the guest speaker at a Women's History Month observance at the U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters at...

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Old Abe

Old Abe Wisconsin’s War Eagle

...April 2, 1864 April 8- 9, 1864 April 20, 1864 April 22, 1864 April 23, 1864 April 23, 1864 May 2, 1864 May 3, 1864 May 4-6, 1864 May 8-12,...

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Brig. Gen. Mark E. Anderson, Wisconsin's deputy adjutant general for Army, Chief Warrant Officer 5 William D. Krueck, the state's command chief warrant officer, and Command Sgt. Maj. Rafael Conde, the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s senior enlisted advisor, welcome back Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team at Volk Field Air National Guard Base as they return following a deployment to support hurricane relief operations, Sept. 16, 2017. On Sept. 8, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed an executive order, which authorized the adjutant general to call elements of the Wisconsin National Guard to state active duty, as necessary. The 32nd IBCT and select other Wisconsin National Guard units were called to state active duty to assist Florida. 112th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment photo by Spc. Jared Saathoff/Released.The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement. 3781928. Public domain.

Wisconsin Rapids Mark E. Anderson Reflects on Iraq

...didn't, we moved them-- just push them off. And so it-- and I tell that only because, fast-forwarding a little bit to when I-- I come home on leave, and...

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2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

...Iron Brigade participated in all the historic battles fought by the Army of the Potomac until May 11. After the battle of Laurel Hill, the Second had less than 100...

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2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

...less than 100 men present for duty. Because of this size reduction, they permanently detached from the brigade and was assigned to duty as provost guard of the Fourth Division...

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