Roses of No Man’s Land – Base Hospital 22
...O’Keefe was called to active duty in April, 1917. She was assigned to Base Hospital 50, organized through the University of Washington Hospital. As of the declaration of war on...
Wisconsin Rapids Mark E. Anderson Reflects on Iraq
Maj. Gen. Mark Anderson, Wisconsin’s deputy adjutant general for Army, addresses Soldiers during a welcome-home ceremony Jan. 25, 2018, for approximately 75 Wisconsin members of the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation...
Micabil Diaz Talks About His Experience in Sarajevo
...skills to work with non-governmental organizations in Haiti. Next, in 1995, Diaz got his choice assignment when the army assigned him to United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) in...
James M. Cocroft: Advocating for Veterans
...chief executive officer of the Milwaukee organization, Organization Of Organizations (Triple O) and a State Representative Polly Williams' staff member who helped Dr. Howard Fuller write Wisconsin’s school choice program....
Remembering Operation Iraqi Freedom 20 Years Later, Part I
...March 20, 2003) when U.S. forces commenced the attack. The outbreak of war came after weeks of troop build-up in the Persian Gulf area. After Operation Desert Storm in 1991,...
The Battle of Ramadi, April 6, 2004: The Day Things Changed for Coalition Forces and Brandon Winneshiek
...communities rebuild. Everything changed on April 6, 2004, when a squad of marines was ambushed on patrol and called for help from the Quick Reaction Force (QRF). Winneshiek was on...
4th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery
Recruitment and Training The Fourth Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (4th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery) organized at Beloit, Wisconsin, then transferred to Camp Utley, Racine. They mustered into the service of...
Remembering the Korean Armistice: 1,100 Days as a Prisoner of War
...the Korean War. He was part of Task Force Smith, a unit comprised of some of the very first troops to be sent to Korea. Shortly after his arrival, Krenz...
9th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Organization The Ninth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (9th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on October 26, 1861. They left the...
14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Organization The Fourteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on January 30, 1862....