Wisconsin’s veterans remember 9/11
The Pentagon following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, donated by Wisconsin veteran Gerry Kitzhaber, Mss2017.115.I002 Written by Luke D. Sprague, Oral Historian Those of us who are old enough...
Stories of a M.A.S.H. Dr. in the Buna Campaign
...Operation Mo by Japan, Allied forces learned of their intent and sent forces to oppose the action. Japanese ships quickly realized the Allied presence and turned their attention to locating...
Wisconsin Was There: Desert Storm Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Persian Gulf War, Part I
...million coalition forces gathered in the region. Practically every continent was represented in the largest international coalition since World War II. The United States committed over 650,000 service members to...
WVMF Convoy Speaker Series Featuring Former SSG Eric Maddox
Join us on Sunday, June 27th, 2021 for this year’s Convoy Speaker Series fundraiser at Terrace 167 in Richfield, WI. The event will feature keynote speaker former Staff Sergeant Eric...
Overhead at Omaha Beach with D-Day Flier Leonard Schutta
...not only their intended targets, but also the friendly forces down below. To avoid any possible major friendly-fire disaster with the thousands of US forces below them approaching those exact...
Movie Night Virtual Discussion- Female Agents (2008)
...will look at 2008’s Female Agents. Following the story of a five-woman task force set to rescue a British geologist from a German hospital in 1944. This program is for...
William Scheer at Wheeler Field
In the above video clip, William Scheer, United States Army Air Force radio repairman planned to meet a friend of his from Chicago on the USS Arizona that morning. He...
Mess Night: Cold War Wisconsin
...Air Force veteran and chairman of the Midwest Chapter of the Cold War Museum in Washington, D.C. Each MESS NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM features a guest speaker, topic, dinner, drinks,...
Marcia Gates: Angel of Bataan in the Lost Battalion
...Filipino and American forces, formally known as U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE). In letters home, Gates describes Luzon’s idyllic coast as perfect for off-duty excursions and social...
Book Talk with Michael Hankins – Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia
...when the US Air Force launched two new, state-of-the art fighter aircraft: the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. REGISTER HERE This program is free and suitable for all...