Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud Jr
...the enemy charged from a brush-covered area less than 100 feet from him, Red Cloud sounded the alarm to his fellow soldiers and immediately grabbed his Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)....
Mexican Expedition
By Russ Horton, Reference Archivist. Image courtesy Library of Congress. One hundred years ago today, President Woodrow Wilson ordered the mobilization of the Wisconsin National Guard for military service. However,...
WVM Foundation
WVM Foundation TESTIMONIALS Look forward to returning soon. Excellent family experience. David Gray Wonderful place to track your patriotic ancestors back to Spanish American war, Civil War, etc, and connect...
Membership Draft
Become a member today! For more than 100 years the Wisconsin Veterans Museum has preserved the memories of Wisconsin’s military veterans. As a member you will experience what makes the...
Here Lies Lieutenant Wemple
...during a naval barrage, one of the Juniata’s 100 lb. Parrot Rifle’s exploded, killing Lt. Wemple and several other crew members. The following day, he was buried in Beaufort, North...
WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES LINEUP OF FALL 2014 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
...of Veterans Affairs and is located at 30 W. Mifflin St., across from the State Capitol. -30- 201 West Washington Avenue | Madison, Wisconsin 53707 1-800-WIS-VETS | WisVets@dva.wisconsin.gov | WisVets.com...
“These Numbers All Mean Something”
By Russell Horton, Reference & Outreach Archivist “I’ve got documents that I brought out of Korea… just pieces of paper with numbers on them. They are very old. These numbers...
Part I: Okinawa: Genesis of a Battle
...forces. Defending the island were the 100,000 Japanese soldiers of Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima’s 32d Army. The defenders included veterans of fighting in China, reinforcements from Manchuria and Japan proper,...
Elizabeth O’Hara Baehr
...decided which soldiers needed to be treated there and which needed to be transported back another 100 miles to an evac (evacuation) hospital or across the channel to a station...