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Souvenirs Prohaska Quote

...buy, money, I’ll trade, I’m a merchant.' He came up to us and the lighters had the Twin Towers on them and a plane going into it, and a picture...

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Alannah McReavey on Giving Back

...up and you're supposed to grab onto this rope, look up and ask permission to drop into the water. But I have kind of smaller hands and the rope was...

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Travel Trunks

...way for your patrons, students, and guests to build their historical thinking skills, ask questions about the past, and share knowledge. Each trunk contains uniforms, artifacts, multi-media, lesson plans and...

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The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence – October 1917

...there isn’t time to train us as such. An Observer goes up with a pilot (unless he is a pilot himself, when he may fly a single-seat scout plane). His...

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Mexican Expedition

...Mexico and the nearby Army post Camp Furlong, killing several American civilians and soldiers. The next day, President Wilson released a statement that US military forces would pursue and capture...

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Part I: Okinawa: Genesis of a Battle

...push into the Western Pacific toward Formosa (modern Taiwan) and the Philippines. Planners in Washington favored Formosa as the next target, while General Douglas MacArthur pushed for going to the...

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Elizabeth O’Hara Baehr

https://youtu.be/2PEwyWcEYDM   Serving Those Who Served: Immense Personal Satisfaction and Incredible Hardship Guest Author, Assistant Gift Shop Manager, Michael Olson France, July 1944−German buzz bombs fly overhead and the ambulances...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM HOSTS “THE LIFE OF A SCOUT SNIPER IN IRAQ” PRESENTATION

...presentation, featuring Milwaukee-native and 1st Sgt. Timothy La Sage on Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m. La Sage was stationed in the Iraqi city of Ramadi as a scout sniper...

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Author of New York Times Best-Seller ‘Carnage and Culture’ to Speak at Wisconsin Veterans Museum Gala

...been published in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and The Washington Post. From the Peloponnesian War to the conflicts of today, Dr. Hanson is a foremost scholar in...

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Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Kicks Off the 150th Commemoration of the Civil War with a Special Program at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...societies, veterans’ organizations, and citizens to commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War. To help organize the activities, the commission has established a website to keep a statewide schedule of...

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