Author of New York Times Best-Seller ‘Carnage and Culture’ to Speak at Wisconsin Veterans Museum Gala

...gala in support of the museum and preserving our great history.” Victor Davis Hanson is author of the New York Times best-seller “Carnage and Culture,” which explains why the armies...

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Wisconsin Was There: Desert Storm Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Persian Gulf War, Part I

...difference in climate. “It was interesting, when we first got over there in January, when we set up it was cold. We had frost; the water in the washbasins every...

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Wisconsin Veterans and September 11, 2001

...others that do it part time and I think we can do it too…If you wanna go, go for it.”…So [I] finally got commissioned to Captain of Infantry in the...

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Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Kicks Off the 150th Commemoration of the Civil War with a Special Program at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...the 150th events at www.CivilWarWisconsin.com. The website is being used to collect stories, photographs, and other items relating to the Civil War. A light reception will be held before Herdegen’s...

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AUTHOR OF THE PACIFIC, HUGH AMBROSE TO SPEAK IN MADISON

...won eight, including the Emmy for Outstanding Miniseries for 2010. The book spent 17 weeks on the New York Times’ Best Sellers List and was an international best-seller. Gala attendees...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM AWARDED GRANT BY INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

...and should be complete by March 31, 2016. A complete list of museum recipients is available on the IMLS website at https://www.imls.gov/. For information about IMLS museum grant programs, see:...

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Beckel in IV training in AIT. WVM.OH2238

I AM NOT INVISIBLE 3.0: WOMEN VETERANS TELL THEIR STORIES

...Not Invisible Project is an annual effort to photograph and interview women veterans. Click here for the current project website: https://wisvetsmuseum.com/oral-histories/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/. Unfortunately, due to the Covid pandemic, the second project...

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Laura Naylor Colbert and friends on deployment in Iraq

Operation Iraqi Freedom: Wisconsin Women Were There Proving Their Skill

...other place to put me. It's like, I would say something, and people would just totally discount it because I'm the one that said it. And I would get so...

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WORLD WAR I STORIES FROM A CENTURY AGO TOLD IN VETS’ OWN WORDS IS A FIRST FOR WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM

...Capitol. The website is www.WisVetsMuseum.com. Featured Profiles The stories of 20 veterans are included in the exhibit, including these four featured stories: Helen Bulovsky of Madison, an Army nurse serving...

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Wisconsin Was There: Desert Storm Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Persian Gulf War, Part II

...object of flanking most of the Iraqi Republican Guard units that were positioned in southern Iraq. Our mission was to engage the Iraqi units in the Wadi while the main...

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