MOST SIGNIFICANT CIVIL WAR ACQUISITION YET FOR WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM

...on the Museum’s exhibits, collections and events, log on to www.WisVetsMuseum.com. The museum is open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, and...

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AUTHOR OF THE PACIFIC, HUGH AMBROSE TO SPEAK IN MADISON

...the 2012 Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s Gala. The event is scheduled for Thursday, May 3, 2012 from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Hugh Ambrose is the author of The Pacific, a non-fiction...

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s Video Receives a Silver Telly

...raises funds for the Veterans Museum’s award-winning programs and exhibits. For more information on the Museum, visit www.WisVetsMuseum.com. For the Foundation, visit www.WVMFoundation.com. -30- 201 West Washington Avenue | Madison,...

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New York Times Best-Selling Author Jeff Shaara to Speak at Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...as keynote at the 2011 Wisconsin Veterans Museum Gala. The event is scheduled for Thursday, May 5, 2011 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The son of Michael Shaara, author...

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Micabil Diaz Talks About His Experience in Sarajevo

...quandary. So, I tell my problem to my--to the French colleague, and he just look at me and said, tells me in perfect French, "Well, that's very easy," he said....

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Leonard Schutta's crew. Schutta is kneeling in the front row on the left.

Overhead at Omaha Beach with D-Day Flier Leonard Schutta

Leonard Schutta's crew. Schutta is kneeling in the front row on the left. Leonard Schutta Overhead at Omaha Beach with D-Day Flier Leonard Schutta In the early morning hours of...

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Veterans Day Observance at the Wisconsin State Capitol Building

On Friday, November 11, the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs joins the Madison Veterans Council to host a Veterans Day ceremony in the Wisconsin State Capitol Rotunda. Governor Evers and...

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The Battle of Ramadi, April 6, 2004: The Day Things Changed for Coalition Forces and Brandon Winneshiek

...disappeared, the marines knew something was about to happen. Fourth squad, first platoon, F Company, patrolled day and night, sometimes on foot or with Humvees with homemade armor welded on...

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Souvenirs Prohaska Quote

Finding the Lighter Norra Prohaska on finding the Twin Towers lighter: “There was one, one day, that came up and he was selling us lighters, and I believe I had...

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John Garrett: A Veteran in the Spotlight

...France, where they moved up the Rhine Valley into the Vosges Mountains. On New Year’s Eve night in 1944, John recounts defending against the last major German counter-offensive of the...

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