Vietnam Veterans Day
...that I wasn’t shot down three times. I’ve been shot up/ the plane three times. I’ve only been shot down once. After his service, Duckworth returned to Wisconsin, living in...
New Exhibit Profiles Four Wisconsin Medals of Honor and Coincides With Veterans Day
...incredible stories that go along with them. Here are four reasons to visit the new exhibit. 1. THE MEDAL OF HONOR IS THE HIGHEST AMERICAN MILITARY AWARD The Medal...
Veteran Art Exhibition Opens 3/16/22
...Artists see the world differently. In World War II that unique vision strengthened the Allied campaigns and changed how war was fought. The invention of the “Target Identification Unit” by...
“Fritz Wolf: Badger State Ace” New World War II Exhibit to Open at Wisconsin Veterans Museum
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2012 “Fritz Wolf: Badger State Ace” New World War II Exhibit to Open at Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON) ― On Tuesday, January 31, a new...
Wisconsinites Serving During the Holidays
...hospital. (Zoroghlian Patrick's complete interview) Santa Claus in Vietnam: Larry Reed REED: But on the other hand, the good news is we had a Vietnamese-American society in Saigon, officers and...
NEW ART EXHIBIT: IN MY SPARE MOMENTS, THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ
...Interesting Things” While waiting for assignment at the newly established military staging area, in New Caledonia, the men of the 955th had a few days to explore the city. Harold...
Eau Claire Veteran J. Birney Dibble Recalls Korean War
...started and there was a ruling that affected a lot of doctors, that if they’d been in seventeen months or more in the Second World War as a doctor, they...
Generations of Service
...in the U.S. Navy during the 1914 Vera Cruz expedition and in World War I. One of his grandsons, Nathan F. Twining, commanded Thirteenth and Fifteenth Air Forces in World...
Wisconsin Was There: Desert Storm Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Persian Gulf War, Part I
...million coalition forces gathered in the region. Practically every continent was represented in the largest international coalition since World War II. The United States committed over 650,000 service members to...
WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM KICKS OFF 2014 WITH NEW EVENTS AND SPEAKERS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 28, 2014 WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM KICKS OFF 2014 WITH NEW EVENTS AND SPEAKERS WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM KICKS OFF 2014 WITH NEW EVENTS AND SPEAKERS Seasonal...