Micabil Diaz Talks About His Experience in Sarajevo

...every day, I had to travel from my base camp to, through Sniper Alley in Sarajevo. INTERVIEWER: Which is--how long is that, I mean-- DIAZ: It's about four miles. In...

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The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Earns 2013 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence

...Veterans Affairs and is located at 30 W. Mifflin St., across the street from the State Capitol. For more information go to www.wisvetsmuseum.com. About TripAdvisor: TripAdvisor is the world’s largest...

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

...She was already working as a clerk stenographer at the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois just across the river from Davenport, making it possible for her to take evening courses...

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The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence – October 1917

...means send it that way because it only means a day or two longer before I get it. There is one thing I need badly and can’t get here. That...

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Roses of No Man’s Land – Base Hospital 22

...Xmas eve and I have just finished crying… Well I can’t seem to finish this. Mother it is just awful to be away from home. This is my first Xmas...

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LGBTQ Do Tell!

...the image for the oral history and more information about the veteran: Kelli J. Carroll Mary E. Hanson-Bailey Carol A. Johnson Raymond P. Konz-Krzyminski Kimberly E. Stuart Sheri A. Swokowski...

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Cemetery Tours

Cemetery Tours Public

...taught Morse Code, and an organizer of the United War Work campaign in WWI. Local actresses donning period dress will draw you into their stories of service and sacrifice. During...

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Urban A. Sippel with the First Special Service Force at Anzio

...to them, and they talked just like my grandpa. It was just, hey. Actually, it was easier for me to get along in Italy because all the kids knew German....

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Oral History

...patrons may access recordings, transcripts, and other materials that are restricted to building access. Can I donate an oral history that I conducted? Yes, if the narrator is a Wisconsin-connected...

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Honoring Hmong Veterans of Wisconsin

...Americans, right? So I just did what I had to do, but now I know that it was to help the Americans, the American government, I am proud of that....

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