1st Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery

Recruitment and Training First Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (1st Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery) was organized at La Crosse, Wisconsin, and it mustered into service on October 10, 1861. The battery...

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Book Talk with Dr. Mark Moyar- Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War, 1965-1968

Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War, 1965–1968 is the long-awaited sequel to the immensely influential Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965. Like its predecessor, this book overturns the conventional wisdom using...

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Desegregation in the Military

...  INTERVIEWER: They -- Ok you got that bar on your shoulder -- got a job for you, where to? COLEMAN: First assignment was with the 31st Infantry Division, Dixie...

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9th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

Organization The Ninth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (9th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on October 26, 1861. They left the...

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Wisconsin Women in Combat: Garza Recounts Being Under Fire at FOB Masum Ghar

...unit moved to FOB Masum Ghar. Time at Masum Ghar for Garza was challenging and included long days and nights with 24-hour duties. Her unit was the last to do...

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