Urban A. Sippel with the First Special Service Force at Anzio
...On December 5, 1944, the United States military deactivated the First Special Service Force (1SSF) in Menton, France. A Menton Day challenge coin. Ironically, to the present day, United States...
I Am Not Invisible
...IANI participants in order to give them an opportunity to share their stories at length and add the stories to the museum collections. The online project page and access was...
2011 Fall Programs at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum
...live forever and to honor those who gave their lives, the victims as well as the fire and policemen who died on that day for our freedom. When: Tuesday, September...
A Veteran’s First Vehicle: Incorporating the Automobile into the Army during WWI
...War I oral history interviews. I have been tasked with using the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer in order to index these interviews and make them publicly accessible on the internet....
Liaison Officer Karl Hanson
...a spur holder and recipient of the U.S. Armor Association’s Honorable Order of St. George (Bronze Medallion). He is also a member of the Order of Kentucky Colonels. Hanson is...
Remembering Operation Iraqi Freedom 20 Years Later, Part I
...their courses of action, and waiting for their next orders. For example, V corps carried out a theater-level exercise that tested their plan for breaching the border of the berm,...
Wisconsin Veterans Museum and W. Britain’s Military Miniature Company Team-Up to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War
...from the famed Iron Brigade. Saturday, May 7th, the American Civil War Day event is full of exciting activities at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum on the Capitol Square. The event...
NEW ART EXHIBIT: IN MY SPARE MOMENTS, THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ
...Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday (April-September). Museum closed during state holidays and Easter. Entrance is free. The...
JEFFERSON RESIDENT’S MEDAL OF HONOR ADDED TO THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM
...withdraw to the aid station and leave his men. He then, under extremely heavy fire, attacked the second bunker with grenades, which forced the enemies out of their positions. He...
WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES 2016 LIST OF EVENTS
...SPARK! WHEN: Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2016 – 10–11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2016 – 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, 2016 – 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 14, 2016 – 10-11:30 a.m....