Book Talk with Annette Grunseth- Combat and Campus: Writing Through War

...share experiences of living the war that are honest, raw, and graphic. A journalist and soldier with the 25th Infantry Division, riding armored personnel carriers into rice paddies, engaging in...

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A Closer Look at Operation Allies Refuge & Operation Allies Welcome

...bases in Germany and New Mexico respectively will share their accounts of facilitating the largest airlift in American history. Wisconsin Adjutant General Knapp will share stories and images from Fort...

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Out of the Ordinary by Russ Horton

...amazingly given hardtack’s reputation, the piece survived its postal journey from Florida to Wisconsin intact. Stationed at Love Field in Dallas, Texas during World War I, Sergeant Charles Stuvengen of...

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The Army Olympian: Carleton L. Brosius

By Russ Horton, Reference Archivist Carleton L. Brosius (WVM Mss 17) Wisconsin has a long and proud Olympic tradition—one that is often associated with the Winter Games. Athletes from the...

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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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Copy Right and Legal Information

WDVA Legal Notices and Disclaimers The State of Wisconsin, Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) maintains its websites to give public access to Department information. While we try to keep the...

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THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM JOINS SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE’S 13th ANNUAL MUSEUM DAY LIVE!

September 15, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Joins Smithsonian magazine’s 13th Annual Museum Day Live! Free Admission, explore the new World War I Centennial Exhibit,...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES LINEUP OF FALL 2014 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

...Greenberg’s definitive history of the 1846 conflict paints an intimate portrait of the major players and their world, including the birth of America’s first national antiwar movement and the Daughters...

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The Story of One Wisconsin WASP: Happy Landings, the Jeanette Kapus Story

...performed dangerous jobs across the country and around the globe during World War II. By 1945, there were women serving in every branch of the United States military, standing a...

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A Son’s Service

...period newspapers, an often overlooked resource, for learning about those topics. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is proud to preserve it, and the story of Russell Moen’s World War I service....

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