Liaison Officer Karl Hanson

...Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Service Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal with two Campaign Stars, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Mobilization...

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The Story of One Wisconsin WASP: Happy Landings, the Jeanette Kapus Story

...were offered more mobility. This is particularly the case for the WASPs—Women Airforce Service Pilots—an elite group of service women who rose to a different challenge during the war. Unlike...

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Kimberly E. Stuart

Kimberly E. Stuart   Branch: United States Air Force and Air Force National Guard War/Conflict/Service dates: 1988-2003 Military Occupation: Electromechanical Team Chief, Weather Forecaster, Education Manager LISTEN to the interview...

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The Barber Brothers

Generations of Service

...in the U.S. Navy during the 1914 Vera Cruz expedition and in World War I. One of his grandsons, Nathan F. Twining, commanded Thirteenth and Fifteenth Air Forces in World...

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Honoring Native American Veterans of Wisconsin

...into World War I. Click here to listen. James K. Overman served in the United States Airforce with the 16th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Ubon Air Force Base, Thailand, during...

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Mello Stapleton at Hickam Field

https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/OH00168.Stapleton_Pearl_Harbor.mp3 In the above audio clip, Mello Stapleton, United States Army Air Force communication specialist flashes back on the Japanese bombing of Hickam Field’s mess hall and not going to...

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William Rettenmund, Vietnam, 1966

Wisconsinites Serving During the Holidays

...a big mistake with the Air Force, with the Army, I guess, Air Force. And that was to have Santa Claus arrive to cheer up the kids. And the Santa...

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Our Vietnam Veterans Then and Now

...April, 1974, Hesselbein served in the Ohio Army National Guard while attending college at Kent State University. He entered the U.S. Air Force as a second lieutenant on January 20,...

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Laura Naylor Colbert and friends on deployment in Iraq

Operation Iraqi Freedom: Wisconsin Women Were There Proving Their Skill

...Air Force Brooke Boushon served as an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse with the Air force in Iraq and Jordan. She entered active-duty September 2, 2001, just before the 9/11...

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Close up photo of Nao Tou Lor

Memories of War with Nao Tou Lor

...also became a soldier around 1964. After the cease-fire in 1975, Nao Tou Lor and many of his fellow soldiers were forced to continue fighting due to the advances of...

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