Victory in the Pacific Part VI: A Better World Shall Emerge

.... . It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past.” From...

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Curator Conversations – Tracing Private Ryan: World War II Genealogy

Are you interested in filling in the stories of your ancestors who are World War II veterans? Have you been trying but you’ve run into roadblocks? Let Wisconsin Veterans Museum...

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1941 Harry D. Baker ROTC Lt. Cadet MSC

Wisconsin World War II Veteran Harry Baker to Celebrate 103rd Birthday

For Immediate Release Wisconsin World War II Veteran Will Celebrate 103rd Birthday Wisconsin Veterans Museum Collecting Birthday Cards MADISON, Wis. (August 22, 2023) — Wisconsin World War II veteran, Harry...

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

...don’t let Ruth know about it. We had some good news Friday. Our pay of $100.00 per month goes through and besides we have an allowance of 75¢ per day...

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The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence – January 1918

...about her future relationship to Ruth is rather a leading question. I think a lot of Ruth and I hope she thinks as much of me. No doubt she knows...

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Evolution of Absentee Voting from the Civil War to WWII

...been opened by an officer. World War I ended before many of these issues had been solved. Through the beginning of World War II, military voting, particularly for men and...

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Powerful Line-up at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...He has written or edited twelve books, including the seminal A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900, and a number of military histories such as Waterloo: The Battle for...

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Remembering the USS Cole (DDG 67) 20th Anniversary

...could rush it through. He said the man who sold the car to Marc obviously didn’t do engine work. We got the car running, and Marc took off and headed...

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Fuller's Flag

Flag Day, U.S. Army Birthday and Father’s Day Post

...WI, throughout his service in World War I. In 1974, Fuller wrote a letter to his daughter telling the story of these two meaningful mementos when he gifted them to...

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MEDIA COVERAGE OF WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM’S “WAR : RAW HEALING MILITARY TRAUMA THROUGH EXPRESSIVE ART”

...28, 2015) WKOW 27 News (June 4, 2015) Wisconsin State Journal (June 5, 2015) Kenosha News (June 5, 2015) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (June 5, 2015) 620 WTMJ (June 28, 2015)...

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