A Date Which Will Live in Infamy by Emily Irwin
...was Gunner’s Mate Stanley Gruber. A Butler, Wisconsin native, Gruber entered the Navy in 1939 and was stationed aboard the USS Maryland. In April 1940, the battleship left Long Beach,...
Remember Pearl Harbor
...that day. Lieutenant Rhoda Ziesler returning home in Hawaii from the Schofield Barracks hospital, December 9, 1941 after the December 7, 1941 attack. Rhoda Ziesler collection, WVM Mss 1914 Rhoda...
We Hope You Enjoyed the Tour
...the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation. Although this year the tour is free, producing it was not. If you received any bit of enjoyment, intrigue, or entertainment from the tour, please...
Wisconsin Rapids Mark E. Anderson Reflects on Iraq
...flight home, and I fly into Fort Dix, New Jersey, arrive there-- again, it's midnight, 1:00 a.m. It's dark. I get off the plane. And it's cliché, but, you know,...
Akira R. Toki on being Japanese American during World War II
...were five schools buildings, were had -- graded school, integrated with, middle school, see. And they wanted to separate them, so Orchard Ridge was one of them, and Hamilton was...
Theresa M. Dischler: A WAAC’s Story
...of Sergeant in March 1943. As part of the 24th Company, 3rd Regiment, Dischler (known as “Sergeant Squeaky” to her fellow WAACs) served in Iowa, Florida, and Washington, D.C., working...