MEDIA COVERAGE OF WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM’S TALKING SPIRITS CEMETERY TOUR XVII

...event Talking Spirits Cemetery Tour XVII has received the following media coverage. Wisconsin State Journal (October 9, 2015) WKOW 27 News (October 10, 2015) WKOW 27 News (October 11, 2015)...

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Month of the Military Child: Augustus Patchin and Family

By Russell Horton, Reference & Outreach Archivist The Wisconsin Veterans Museum focuses on preserving the stories of men and women who serve in the US military. But very often, in...

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Stories from the Front

...to share these interviews with the public. This is a rare opportunity to hear the stories of these veterans, in their own voices, with their own words. World War I...

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Brig. Gen. Mark E. Anderson, Wisconsin's deputy adjutant general for Army, Chief Warrant Officer 5 William D. Krueck, the state's command chief warrant officer, and Command Sgt. Maj. Rafael Conde, the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s senior enlisted advisor, welcome back Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team at Volk Field Air National Guard Base as they return following a deployment to support hurricane relief operations, Sept. 16, 2017. On Sept. 8, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed an executive order, which authorized the adjutant general to call elements of the Wisconsin National Guard to state active duty, as necessary. The 32nd IBCT and select other Wisconsin National Guard units were called to state active duty to assist Florida. 112th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment photo by Spc. Jared Saathoff/Released.The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement. 3781928. Public domain.

Wisconsin Rapids Mark E. Anderson Reflects on Iraq

...home, not at their house. So [sighs] we did a little search and talked to one of the neighbors and found out she was at his parents' house in that...

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“Fritz Wolf: Badger State Ace” New World War II Exhibit to Open at Wisconsin Veterans Museum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2012 “Fritz Wolf: Badger State Ace” New World War II Exhibit to Open at Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON) ― On Tuesday, January 31, a new...

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An Interview with Britain’s Foremost Military Historian and Defense Commentator by Michael Telzrow

...forgotten here in the United States, maybe not in Britain. Why do you think World War II has eclipsed World War I in our collective memories? ALLAN MALLINSON: See the...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER 2014 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

...of research and public programs at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, shares stories from Wisconsin’s involvement in World War I. Hear different perspectives from the “war to end all wars,” including...

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Honoring Native American Veterans of Wisconsin

World War II veteran Harry Whitehorse (WVM.OH863) In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we are featuring Native American veterans and their stories from the oral history collection. Native Americans...

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Photo of Urban A. Sippel

Urban A. Sippel with the First Special Service Force at Anzio

...combat coached by World War I veterans, running for sixty miles, filling your ruck full of rocks and running up a mountainside, parachute operations, skiing, winter operations, and intentional sleep...

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Curator Conversations: The Spanish Civil War

In James Madison Park sits a small monument, one of four in the United States to the International Brigades that fought in the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War. It lists the...

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