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Marcia Gates: Angel of Bataan in the Lost Battalion

...giving multiple interviews with local newspapers. She participated in a radio show called “Those Who Serve,” vividly recalling her three years of internment. When the show’s audience inquired about revenge...

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The Last Full Measure: Wisconsin in the Civil War, New Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2013 The Last Full Measure: Wisconsin in the Civil War, New Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum MADISON ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will...

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Madison artist Michael Hecht tells the story of Walt Whitman and his Civil War involvement through new exhibit at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 2010 Madison artist Michael Hecht tells the story of Walt Whitman and his Civil War involvement through new exhibit at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON)...

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Honoring Hispanic Veterans of Wisconsin

...hear from the interviews below. Today, we start with the stories of two brothers who served in World War II, Anthony J. Chavez and Carlos J. Chavez, both interviewed by...

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MEDIA ALERT: NEW EXHIBIT–”IN MY SPARE MOMENTS: THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ”

...DURING WORLD WAR II. What: The Wisconsin Veterans Museum new art exhibit, In My Spare Moments: The Art of Harold F. Schmitz, opens to the public on March 15, 2019....

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WDVA’S VETERANS HOME AT KING TO CELEBRATE GRAND OPENING OF WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM’S JAMES MEGELLAS GALLERY

...We are excited to provide this new museum in honor of all those who have served.” “We are proud to open the new James Megellas Gallery at our museum at...

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An Interview with Britain’s Foremost Military Historian and Defense Commentator by Michael Telzrow

...(2009) was described by Antony Beevor in The Times as the acutest study of the army in a generation. Serving for thirty-five years in the army worldwide, Allan Mallinson will...

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World War WHERE?

By Russell Horton Reference Archivist When Janesville native Louis Wayne Tyler was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II, he probably imagined he would eventually deploy to the...

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Curator Conversations – Tracing Private Ryan: World War II Genealogy

Are you interested in filling in the stories of your ancestors who are World War II veterans? Have you been trying but you’ve run into roadblocks? Let Wisconsin Veterans Museum...

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