FOX VALLEY VETERANS TELL THEIR STORIES

...Army Corps 1943 - 1946 Full Interview Here James R. Troxell Oshkosh, Wisconsin U.S. Navy, 1965 - 1968 Full Interview Here Carol A. Johnson Appleton, Wisconsin U.S. Navy, 1985 -...

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A video interview with Brigadier General Robert Andrew Cocroft

...of the Center for Veterans Issues (CVI), a statewide non-profit focused on providing housing and support services to improve the quality of life for all veterans’ families and their communities....

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Badgers and the Day of Infamy

...a watershed in U.S. history. More than 200 Wisconsin service members were on Oahu that day eighty years ago, with over fifty-five killed. This article, along with other sections of...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER 2014 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

...of Veterans Affairs and is located at 30 W. Mifflin St., across from the State Capitol. -30- 201 West Washington Avenue | Madison, Wisconsin 53707 1-800-WIS-VETS | WisVets@dva.wisconsin.gov | WisVets.com...

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A Veteran’s First Vehicle: Incorporating the Automobile into the Army during WWI

...with a new technology and mode of transportation that was being integrated into the armed services when he enlisted, the automobile. The prior generation of medical transporters, Pavlik explains, relied...

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WVM Foundation

WVM Foundation TESTIMONIALS Look forward to returning soon. Excellent family experience. David Gray Wonderful place to track your patriotic ancestors back to Spanish American war, Civil War, etc, and connect...

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Wisconsin Was There: Desert Storm Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Persian Gulf War, Part II

...be set ablaze in an attempt to stop the Coalition advance. The onslaught had been so fast, however, that the pits still remained full and unburned. Beyond the pits lay...

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Head shot of veteran Jessica Garza

Wisconsin Women in Combat: Garza Recounts Being Under Fire at FOB Masum Ghar

...hear a huge boom and everything shook right by me. And you just see this-- it's not like an explosion, I can't remember. Everything happened so fast. And then I...

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Give Now

...credit card processing, IT consultants and order fulfillment. These service providers are only given the information needed to perform those services and they are bound contractually to protect the privacy...

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Museum Staff Draws Out Creative Veteran Voice for Award-Winning Soldiers Home Renovation

...for their success in advancing the goals of historic preservation, while at the same time providing affordable housing and/or expanded economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income families and individuals. View...

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