Virtual Drink & Draw: Holiday Greetings

...registers. This event is presented by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation. This event is suitable for all ages. You can find the images we’ll use here: https://wisvetsmuseum.com/blog/december-virtual-drink-draw/ REGISTER HERE  ...

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Lieutenant John D. Winner

...to clearly gaining him the respect of his prisoners. He returned home with numerous handmade gifts from those held at the camps, including a variety of artwork featuring Winner. Upon...

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Virtual Drink & Draw January

...beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. Images and a supply list can be found here: https://wisvetsmuseum.com/blog/january-2021-virtual-drink-draw/ This event is free...

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February 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw

...story see WVM his oral history here: https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Wallace-Robert-_OH390.pdf Photo by M.P. King Wisconsin State Journal. 2011 Story about Robert Wallace found here: https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/robert-wallace-one-of-the-nations-last-buffalo-soldiers-dies-at-91/article_3ce0d62e-59c4-11e1-bcf8-001871e3ce6c.html     Drawing By Yvette M. Pino...

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Fellow WASPs posing together in their flight gear.

Women’s Unequaled Service

...for creating a military-affiliated organization for women—a more egalitarian version that more closely mirrored that of the British Army—was first introduced in 1941 by Massachusetts Congresswoman Edith Nourse Roger. Rejected...

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I Am Not Invisible (IANI)

...veterans who participated in this project visit: https://wisvetsmuseum.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/ The traveling exhibit consists of indoor, easy-to-assemble, pop-up banners available to local libraries, historic societies, schools and community spaces throughout the state....

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TO RE-OPEN JULY 1

...armed forces,” said Chris Kolakowski, director of the museum.   Closed since March of 2020 due to COVID-19, the museum is ready to once again provide knowledge, perspective and connection...

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John Barger at Schofield Barracks

...To listen to the complete interview click here: https://wisvetsmuseum.com/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=OH_00132.xml More on Barger: John H. Barger of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served with the 24th Infantry Division artillery in Hawaii and the Pacific...

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William Scheer at Wheeler Field

...remembers crawling under the group headquarters building for protection from Japanese air attack. To listen to the complete interview click here: https://wisvetsmuseum.com/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=OH_00177.xml More on Scheer: William Scheer was born on...

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Dorwin Lamkin on the USS Nevada

https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/OH00170.Lamkin_Pearl_Harbor_2.mp3 In the above audio clip, Dorwin Lamkin, a United States Navy corpsman on the USS Nevada describes abandoning the ship as it was taking on water and its subsequent...

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