GUEST BLOG BY RICK BERRY, VIETNAM VETERAN AND WVM VOLUNTEER
...Most new army helicopter pilots received orders for an aviation unit in Vietnam as their first duty station after flight school. Flight school training was excellent. The final portion of...
America250
...began to take shape in the struggle to achieve independence from Great Britain. Starting then and going forward to this day, Americans have sought to define and structure this nation,...
Book Talk with Gwen Strauss- The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany
...and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from Germany back to Paris. REGISTER HERE This program is free and suitable for all ages. Event sponsored by...
2nd Wisconsin Cavalry
...were transferred to Snyders Bluff near Vicksburg, MS. The day following the surrender of Vicksburg July 4, 1863, the regiment was assigned to the forces under General Sherman and participated...
50th Anniversary of End of Vietnam War Marked at Wisconsin Veterans Museum
...a more supportive welcome home. We honor and affirm their service 50 years later. The window display will be on view through Veterans Day 2023. About Wisconsin in the Vietnam...
Dunday Recalls Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT)
In March 2005, Blair Dunday enlisted under the Army's Delayed Entry Program (DEP), knowing that the Army would train her as an 89B (ammunition specialist). She delayed entry until July...
19th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
...6. The next day they started service in earnest, periodically engaging in a large number of movements in southeastern Virginia. In October 1862, their field of operation transferred to Newburn,...
20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
...During this time, they participated in many expeditions, including a two-day excursion across the Rio Grande into Mexico, from January 12 to 14, 1864. Returning to New Orleans in August,...
Happy 103rd Birthday, Lt. Col. Harry Baker !
...help in marking Harry’s milestone by sending a birthday card made out to him which we will deliver to his home. UPDATE: Birthday cards received 1127 Cards received from 136...
23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
...day after the surrender they joined the forces in the campaign against Jackson, MS, July 5-25. In August, the 23rd transferred to Louisiana and was with the expedition against Opelousas....