The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence – November 1917
...Al’s. It was a pleasure just to sit around in a civilized place where it was warm and talk things over. Uncle sure has a dandy place and he showed...
THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM JOINS SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE’S 13th ANNUAL MUSEUM DAY LIVE!
...and free museum, will offer a 20% off in-store purchase discount on Saturday September 23, 2017, as part of Smithsonian magazine’s thirteenth annual Museum Day Live!, an initiative in which...
Marcia Anderson, the Trailblazer
...Beloit (LCS-29). Anderson talks about her role as a sponsor: putting her initials permanently on the ship's keel and placing some object aboard the ship for the ship's commissioned service...
Giving Opportunities in 2021-2022
...Museum Foundation will be able to further the museum's high standards in public programming. Donations will help us continue to educate the public by providing these virtual programs for all...
Urban A. Sippel with the First Special Service Force at Anzio
...through the valley. That's where-- that's probably the biggest thing we did. INTERVIEWER: So, they drove them right up the valley toward you? SIPPEL: Until-- Well, we'd cut 'em off...
Oneida Warrior James K. Overman on racism and rescuing pilots
...hundred percent Native American." "I want to tell you something, Indian. There are no Indians who are going to ever fly my f-----g airplanes." Wow. My dream was to take...
Reflecting on PTSD: Experiences and Recovery
...the effects of trauma can persist long after an inciting event. Mental health professionals sometimes identify these symptoms as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD symptoms like nervousness, upsetting memories, trouble...
Victory in the Pacific Part VI: A Better World Shall Emerge
...officers stoked ethnic divisions and anti-British feeling, leading to Britain partitioning the land into India and Pakistan on August 15, 1947. Elsewhere colonial powers exited the scene more peacefully. The...
Wisconsin Was There: Desert Storm Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Persian Gulf War, Part I
PART 1: Prelude to the Ground War: Mobilization, Deployment, and Waiting On 24 February 1991, after 40 consecutive days of around-the-clock aerial campaign, the ground offensive phase of Operation Desert...
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,...