Employment and Internships

Employment and Internships Full-time/Part-time/Limited-Term Positions: Openings are posted on the Official State of Wisconsin Government Job Site. Interns working at The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will gain valuable experience working alongside...

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Teacher Resources

Teacher Resources To enhance your classroom lesson plans on Wisconsin military history we have created the following activities and virtual tours your students can complete off-site and/or prior to a...

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USS Cole Bombing: The Road to 9/11

...remains were cremated and a portion were deposited at the site of a magnolia tree planted in honor of the lost USS Cole crewmembers. The remainder were buried at sea...

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Part I: Okinawa: Genesis of a Battle

...of the population lived in the island’s southern third, which was also the site of Naha, Okinawa’s capital and best port. Reefs and cliffs limited possible landing sites to essentially...

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Lieutenant John D. Winner

...at a site of 4,000 SS troops in Kornwestheim. From there, the 3rd Infantry went to Berlin, where Winner describes them as show troops who participated in parades with the...

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Brig. Gen. Mark E. Anderson, Wisconsin's deputy adjutant general for Army, Chief Warrant Officer 5 William D. Krueck, the state's command chief warrant officer, and Command Sgt. Maj. Rafael Conde, the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s senior enlisted advisor, welcome back Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team at Volk Field Air National Guard Base as they return following a deployment to support hurricane relief operations, Sept. 16, 2017. On Sept. 8, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed an executive order, which authorized the adjutant general to call elements of the Wisconsin National Guard to state active duty, as necessary. The 32nd IBCT and select other Wisconsin National Guard units were called to state active duty to assist Florida. 112th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment photo by Spc. Jared Saathoff/Released.The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement. 3781928. Public domain.

Wisconsin Rapids Mark E. Anderson Reflects on Iraq

...I-- and I look over to him, and I-- and he explains, of course, through an interpreter, to me that that's a revered Shia site. I ask him, "Is this...

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Concept Rendering of WVM Building

W. Jerome Frautschi Gives $10 million to Building a New Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...program requirements as well as defining initial site requirements for any future facility. The projected cost for the project will be an estimated $120 million, with the Foundation’s goal to...

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New Museum Project

...validated WVM’s future program requirements, location options, and related matters. Concept A of that study, which involves acquiring the museum site and constructing a new building on the museum’s current...

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Movie Night Virtual Discussion- Men in War (1957)

...themes such as conflict, politics, pop culture, the military, and movie-making. After you register, we will email you the discussion questions and a link to join the virtual discussion via...

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Movie Night Virtual Discussion- The Keeping Room (2014)

...themes such as conflict, politics, pop culture, the military, and movie-making. After you register, we will email you the discussion questions and a link to join the virtual discussion via...

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