COPY_Virtual Tour_FINAL DRAFT

...tour. Pan and click on the red arrow to move backward. To pan: click, hold, and drag your mouse. If you would like to make the tour image fill your...

Continue reading
Vlossak Blog Cover Photo

Just a Few C.B.I. G.I.s Back from the War

...Camp Barkley, Texas, Vlossak was transferred to Calcutta, India where he was assigned to the 142nd General Hospital. Ship banner painted by John Vlossak upon his return home in 1946...

Continue reading

World War WHERE?

...European or Pacific Theaters. He might have considered the possibility of going to North Africa or the China-Burma-India Theater. He may have even heard stories of other Wisconsin men and...

Continue reading
Lt Col Hollenbeck and son

Stories of a M.A.S.H. Dr. in the Buna Campaign

...enjoyed practicing family medicine in Milwaukee, while also serving as an officer within the Army Reserve. In 1939, he transferred into the Wisconsin National Guard, assigned to the medical detachment...

Continue reading

Souvenirs of Service

...on display. For example, a WWI radio operator from Racine brought home a treasured handmade mandolin, crafted for him by a local French woman and designed with the insignia of...

Continue reading

Souvenirs of Service Exhibit Opens 11/5

...along with its captivating backstory. For example, you will find a WWI radio operator from Racine brought home a treasured handmade mandolin, crafted for him by a local French woman...

Continue reading

Media Preview of New Exhibit Souvenirs of Service

...WWI radio operator from Racine brought home a treasured handmade mandolin, crafted for him by a local French woman and designed with the insignia of his division, the famed 32nd...

Continue reading

Marcia Anderson, the Trailblazer

...Odell Niblett volunteered for Vietnam. Anderson scored high enough to go on active duty; however, she decided to go with the Reserves. Anderson reported to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, for...

Continue reading
Nurses at Base Hospital 22

Roses of No Man’s Land – Base Hospital 22

...new organization required a minimum of 1,000 beds per evacuation. The Army never met this standard. Of 42 divisions (29 in combat), there were only 37 Evacuation Hospitals (22 in...

Continue reading
William Rettenmund, Vietnam, 1966

Wisconsinites Serving During the Holidays

...friends and the band on there. INTERVIEWER: Oh, I see. IMBRUGLIA: So that's, that's uh -- [Dog barks] -- kind of a memory to go back and look at those...

Continue reading