Veteran Sweethearts~Rose Jrolf and Fred Ray
...first transferred to Nebraska and then quickly promoted to Mess Sergeant at Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri (present day Whiteman Air Force Base). While at Sedalia, Rose successfully organized a...
NEW ART EXHIBIT: IN MY SPARE MOMENTS, THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2019 NEW EXHIBIT: IN MY SPARE MOMENTS: THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ FEATURES MILWAUKEE NATIVE’S DRAWINGS COMPLETED WHILE SERVING IN THE SOUTH...
A Shared Experience
...week before being forced to withdraw. Eventually, they would regain St. Vith before redirecting their efforts toward the fall of the remaining German resistance within the Ruhr Pocket. Lt. Martin...
Evangeline Patino
Evangeline Patino Branch: United States Air Force War/Conflict/Service dates: 1970-1976 Military Occupation: Medical Administrator LISTEN to the audio SEE the catalog entry...
Violet Armstrong
Violet Armstrong Branch: United States Air Force Reserve War/Conflict/Service dates: 1974-1995 Military Occupation: Services Superintendent LISTEN to the interview audio SEE the catalog entry...
Part I: Okinawa: Genesis of a Battle
...surrounding Ryukyu Islands, codenamed ICEBERG, resulted from strategy decisions of the previous summer. After the invasion of the Mariana Islands in June and July, 1944, U.S. forces stood ready to...
Elizabeth O’Hara Baehr
...off to Europe as a member of the 59th Field Hospital, after training at Kearns Field, Utah for the Army Air Force—first to Liverpool, England and shortly thereafter to France...
Victory in Europe, 1945
...forces were aiming for Vienna, Danzig, Konigsberg, and Berlin. Starting April 9th, Allied forces in Italy broke into the Po Valley and fanned out into northern Italy. Meanwhile General Dwight...
Part III: Okinawa: Decision at Shuri
...the Sixth Floating Chrysanthemum’s approach to Fifth Fleet. The Japanese struck Task Force 58’s flagship, USS Bunker Hill, resulting in serious damage and the near death of Admiral Mitscher. The...
Wisconsin and the Bombing of Hiroshima
...on July 25, the War Department instructed General Carl Spaatz, commander of Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific, to use the two atomic bombs on Japan “as soon as weather...