Just a Few C.B.I. G.I.s Back from the War
...local CBI newspapers, the themes often offering a humorous look at daily life for soldiers in the China-Burma-India Theater. Weekly newspapers such as the CBI Roundup (renamed the IBT Roundup...
World War WHERE?
By Russell Horton Reference Archivist When Janesville native Louis Wayne Tyler was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II, he probably imagined he would eventually deploy to the...
Lieutenant John D. Winner
WVM.1222.I008.05 | Photograph of John Winner taken outside the ration tent at the Dietersheim-Rüdesheim camp, June 1945. While May 8, 1945 marked the end of World War II in Europe,...
Movie Night and Virtual Discussion – A Soldier’s Story
...be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. In honor of African-American History month, we’ll take a look...
Wisconsin Was There: Desert Storm Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Persian Gulf War, Part I
...had exceeded 80,000 by February 18th and estimates of Iraqi war dead were rumored to be approaching 100,000. To date, less than 100 American soldiers had been killed in action,...
Wisconsin Was There: Desert Storm Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Persian Gulf War, Part II
...Iraq’s most dangerous weapon: mine fields… As the American combat engineers plowed through these lethal defenses, they had simply stacked the mines alongside the road. To the east and west...
IN MY SPARE MOMENTS: THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ
...Dane Arts Linda Schmitz Devitt The Hamilton Roddis Foundation Bronze Star Sponsors $500 American Family Insurance Military & Veteran Business Resource Group Edgewood College Military & Veteran Services Hometown Painting...
Curator Conversations – Akira Toki and the Purple Heart Battalion
Tune in to this Curator Conversations and be inspired by the bravery of Japanese-Americans who served in the United States military during World War II. Many of the 20,000 Japanese-Americans...
Wisconsin Veterans Remember the Holocaust
...O'Hara Baehr Surgical Nurse, U.S. Army "I thought if only the American people could see what we're seeing here and what these people have gone through.." [WVM OH885] James R....
Origins and Evolutions of Aviation Nose Art
...their planes with fierce animals, family crests and other symbols. When the American forces arrived, they quickly followed the European’s lead and decorated their planes, in addition to marking them...