Badgers and the Day of Infamy
...of the war, Japan aimed to eliminate the three great pillars of Allied Pacific defense: the British Force Z at Singapore, the U.S. Far East Air Force in the Philippines,...
23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Organization The Twenty Third Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on August 30, 1862....
Kimberly E. Stuart
...retirement she has run the organization Veterans for Diversity, the only LGBTQ+ veteran organization in Wisconsin. Trigger warning: please note this interview contains an account of a sexual assault. Clip...
Eau Claire Veteran J. Birney Dibble Recalls Korean War
...medical internship before deploying to Korea. The secretary granted this request. He later volunteered to serve with the Fleet Marine Force (FMF). Dibble has an extensive collection with the Wisconsin...
Jeff Carnes: Veteran in the Spotlight
...1st Armored Division. The unit was charged with leading Task Force Falcon, a part of a NATO-led international peacekeeping force. He returned to the United States in 2001 and continued...
In Recognition of Aviation Month – The Story of Robert Balliet
By Jeff Javid, Wisconsin Veterans Museum Archives Assistant Robert Balliet of Appleton, Wisconsin served with the 776th Squadron, 464th Bomb Group, Fifteenth Air Force, United States Army Air Force in...
Wisconsin Veterans Museum conducted its 2,000th interview for its Oral History Program
...Program. Volunteer interviewer Ellen Bowers Healey interviewed Dennis F. Kinney, who served in both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force and retired in 1968 after 20 years of...
Jeff Carnes: Veteran in the Spotlight
...1st Armored Division. The unit was charged with leading Task Force Falcon, a part of a NATO-led international peacekeeping force. He returned to the United States in 2001 and continued...
Listening to Learn: Oral Histories from Women in Service
...gender-related issues they faced during their time in service: Deborah Thomas served as a medical lab technician in the Air Force from 1972 to 1996. “While I was at Keesler...
Finis la Guerre: The Eleventh Hour and the End of World War I
...offensive, keeping constant pressure on the German army and attempting to finally drive them back into Germany and force an end to the war. As the war entered November, amidst...