Charles Imbruglia on the USS Maryland
...campaigns. After the war, he worked as a bricklayer in Milwaukee and eventually settled in Jackson, Wisconsin. Following service, he was a lifelong member of the American Legion Post 288....
Mello Stapleton at Hickam Field
...church nor getting breakfast as planned. To listen to the complete interview click here: https://wisvetsmuseum.com/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=OH_00168.xml More on Stapleton: Mello Stapleton was born on March 10, 1919, in North Lake, Wisconsin....
Floyd TeWinkel at Fort Kamehameha
In the above video clip, United States Army radar man Floyd TeWinkel at Fort Kamehameha describes standing in line for breakfast, the attacking beginning, and then later the difficulty he...
Veteran Art Exhibition Opens 3/16/22
...civilian printmakers continued in classrooms and communities throughout the state and across the nation after their service. SPECIAL EVENTS Drink and Draw from the Storefront – Friday, March 18 |...
Marcia Gates: Angel of Bataan in the Lost Battalion
...who became prisoners of war following the 1942 fall of Bataan and capture of Corregidor. One especially tenacious servicemember who survived the experience was United States Army nurse and ‘Angel...
Convoy Speaker Series Featuring Vietnam Veteran Don Weber
...Corps Vietnam War Combat Veteran. For his distinguished military service he has received many awards, among them the Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars. He is also the founder of...
Veterans Day Observance at the Wisconsin State Capitol Building
...we view the concept of honor as a matter of carrying out, acting, and living the values of respect, duty, loyalty, selfless service, integrity, and personal courage in everything we...
50th Anniversary of End of Vietnam War Marked at Wisconsin Veterans Museum
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Madison, Wis. (March 24, 2023) - On March 29, 1973, U.S. ground forces withdrew from South Vietnam. The withdrawal officially ended years of war that forever marked...
W. Jerome Frautschi Gives $10 million to Building a New Wisconsin Veterans Museum
...past Wisconsin Veterans’ service and sacrifices to our nation and her people. On behalf of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation board of directors and Wisconsin veterans past and present, we...
New Museum Project
...of Veterans Affairs (DVA). WVM preserves, interprets, and affirms the service of Wisconsin veterans from 1861 to the present. The museum was created by Civil War veterans for the people...