Movie Night Virtual Discussion – Paths of Glory (1957)
...follows the story of 3 World War I soldiers who refuse to continue on an impossible mission, and their commanding officer who takes up their defense during their court-martial. Starring...
Curator Conversations- The Admirals Wept: Billy Mitchell and the Atlantic Bombing Tests of 1921
...development influenced many developments up to and including World War II and beyond. WVM’s Chris Kolakowski and Kevin Hampton will explore the tests, their impact, and their legacies. This event...
July 2021 VIRTUAL! Drink & Draw: WATERCOLOR
Welcome to the JULY 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw In honor of World Watercolor Month we will be working on watercolors this Drink & Draw. No experience is necessary. Gather...
Curator Conversations- The Greatest Allied Fighters of WWII’s European Air War
Of all the fighter planes fielded by the Western Allies over Europe in World War II, which one has the greatest impact? Join Museum Director Chris Kolakowski, Curator of Exhibits...
Book Talk with Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony – Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo
On July 20th, 1969, over half the world’s population witnessed Neil Armstrong’s first step on the Moon. While often remembered as a scientific and technological feat, the ambitions of the...
Honoring LGBTQ+ Veterans of Wisconsin
...(NAG), Saigon, 1965. Reed grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, son of a middle-class working family. He knew how to get into the Green Bay Packer games for free at...
John Barger at Schofield Barracks
...Theater during World War II and was stationed at Schofield Barracks during the Pearl Harbor attack. Prior to his Army service, Barger served in the United States Naval Reserves for...
William Scheer at Wheeler Field
...July 15, 1922, in Madison, Wisconsin. He served as a radio repairman in the Army Air Corps with the 15th and 47th Fighter Squadrons during World War II. He was...
Dorwin Lamkin on the USS Nevada
...to 1946 in the Pacific Theater as a Navy medical corpsman during World War II. Assigned to the USS Nevada, Lamkin was transferred to the hospital corps prior to the...
Thomas Butler on the USS Tennessee
...the Navy for twenty-seven years, starting in 1938. He was stationed aboard the USS Tennessee in Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor, served aboard minesweepers during World War II,...