Vietnam countryside seen from a helicopter, soldier’s silhouette in the foreground.

Reflecting on PTSD: Experiences and Recovery

...experiences with and discussing PTSD occasionally becomes part of the oral history interview conducted by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Below are six short audio clips, each containing oral history accounts...

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Holiday Greetings from the Field by Mary Kate Kwasnik

...will also have warm memories of the holidays, those of festive days in an otherwise difficult time. Learn more about the WVM Oral History program on our Oral History page....

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NEW ART EXHIBIT: IN MY SPARE MOMENTS, THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ

...the 955th Topographic Engineer Company. In My Spare Moments features Harold F. Schmitz’s collection of artwork, handwritten letters, and an oral history that identifies a precise timeline of his military...

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum conducted its 2,000th interview for its Oral History Program

...appointments. For more information about Mr. Kinney’s interview or any of the other interviews in our oral history collection, please contact our Oral Historian, Ellen Brooks, at 608.261.0537 or oralhistory@dva.wisconsin.gov....

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Listening to Learn: Oral Histories from Women in Service

Ann Fritsch By Ellen Brooks, Oral Historian 2018 marks seventy years since the passage of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act which enabled women to serve as regular members of...

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Historian How To: Cataloging Oral Histories Using OCLC

The purpose of this quick class is to teach the student how to use the Online Computer Library Catalog (OCLC) for cataloging oral histories on WorldCat.Org. The content covers using...

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Headshot photograph of Chester L. Krause

Chester Krause on the Liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp

...He took them to visit the hospital doctor, who asked the group for D-rations, which typically consisted of chocolate bars. The doctor gave tiny slivers of the chocolate to sick...

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Headshot photograph of Alannah McReavey

Alannah McReavey on Giving Back

...interview, click here or on the interview page at the bottom of this post. Below are clips from McReavey’s oral history interview with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Oral History Program...

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Photo taken at the memo of agreement signing between the Ho-Chunk Nation and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, an educational activity of the WDVA. The Ho-Chunk Nation and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff will collaboratively gather oral histories from Ho-Chunk Nation veterans to be preserved by the Ho-Chunk Nation. A master copy of each interview will be included in the oral history collection of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. The agreement ensures the stories of Ho-Chunk Nation veterans are treated with cultural sensitivity and respect as led by the Ho-Chunk Nation and that the Ho-Chunk Nation is represented in the military history of Wisconsin.

Ho-Chunk Nation and WDVA/WVM Sign Historic Agreement

...Nation Create Joint Oral History Program Documenting the Lives of Ho-Chunk Veterans Madison, Wis. (May 19, 2023) On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at the Ho-Chunk Nation Museum and Cultural Center...

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Pearl Harbor Remembered through Oral Histories

...and the affect it had on them. If you are interested in these interviews, or any of the other interviews in our Oral History Collection, please contact us at oralhistory@dva.wisconsin.gov...

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