Leonard Schutta's crew. Schutta is kneeling in the front row on the left.

Overhead at Omaha Beach with D-Day Flier Leonard Schutta

...many of this portion of the preparatory bombardment prior to the landings missed their targets, dropping their bombs too far inland or, in the case of 100 of the 500...

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Honoring Hmong Veterans of Wisconsin

...ib qho ces peb mus puag nram qab teb, peb mus ua thab ham ces rau qhov hais tias nyob hoom xa peb. Ib yam xub-pawj-lais, puas yog? Cov thab...

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Our Vietnam Veterans Then and Now

...in Her Own Words (2008) Hear McClenahan's Story in Her Own Words (2022) Jąąpwakącąk - Owen Mike, U.S. Marines Ho-Chunk warrior, Owen C. Mike, also known as Jąąpwakącąk in the...

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

...fund a project that will digitize the museum’s collection of Civil War images. The project will take place over the next two years and will professionally digitize and preserve approximately...

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In Recognition of Aviation Month – The Story of Robert Balliet

...Then we didn’t know where to go so we just packed up and went towards Epinal, France. During the forced march Balliet lost close to fifty pounds due to malnourishment...

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William Rettenmund, Vietnam, 1966

Wisconsinites Serving During the Holidays

...Leda Zoroghlian Patrick ZOROGHLIAN PATRICK: So that music passed on to the chow hall and people were listening to it and they were more interested about the lettuce. Every Christmas,...

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The Polar Bear Expedition by Andrea Hoffman

...Bolshevik forces, difficulty in maintaining an offensive posture over great distances and a quickly advancing winter forced the Allies to instead focus on merely maintaining their position. Already by June...

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Copy Right and Legal Information

...of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (WVM) is to preserve and present for posterity the artifacts and stories relating to Wisconsin's military history and military heritage in general. WVM has created...

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What You Can Support

...the collections to preserve them in perpetuity acquiring artifacts and documents significant to the stories of Wisconsin veterans funding educational programs, both online and in-person Please call us at (608)261-0536...

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Holiday Greetings from the Field by Mary Kate Kwasnik

...was heaped up like this (indicating). In the meantime he’s taking bread and putting it in his pockets. And he got a bag to put all this stuff in to...

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