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Vietnam countryside seen from a helicopter, soldier’s silhouette in the foreground.

Reflecting on PTSD: Experiences and Recovery

...you have a belief about how the world works, and you have, you know, there’s—we all think there’s rules about how the world works. And when those rules get broken...

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FOX VALLEY VETERANS TELL THEIR STORIES

...traveling exhibits, and online presentations. Currently, we are collecting oral histories from the Fox Valley. Below you will find sample of Fox Valley veterans and online access to their complete...

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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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Stories from the Front

...B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries. You can watch the videos, search the transcripts, and review an index (some including photographs) for each interview. Click here...

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s Video Receives a Silver Telly

...Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and web commercials, videos...

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Alannah McReavey on Giving Back

...also supports the Milwaukee Homeless Veterans Initiative and is involved in the women's veterans program at the Woman’s Club of Wisconsin; see the videos below. To watch the complete McReavey...

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Holiday Greetings from the Field by Mary Kate Kwasnik

...gallon cans to collect unwanted food from the American GIs. At Christmas, Antonie described inviting the young son of the family who did his laundry to the American holiday feast:...

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Medal of Honor Recipients

About the Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor is the highest military award for bravery that can be conferred on a member of the American armed forces. It is...

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Suffrage Through Service: How Military Service Expanded Voting Rights

By Russell Horton Reference Archivist Throughout U.S. history, men and women in the military have risked their lives to protect the civil rights we enjoy as citizens. Beyond protection, their...

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