Indigenous Veterans of Wisconsin

By Russell Horton Reference Archivist The Indigenous Peoples of Wisconsin have a long and proud history of serving in the United States military. From the American Revolution, in which the...

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Mess Night Logo

Mess Night – The 32nd ‘Red Arrow’ Division

...American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. It was one of the first American divisions to see combat in the summer of 1918, and developed a sterling reputation in battles...

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Fuller's Flag

Flag Day, U.S. Army Birthday and Father’s Day Post

...want to give you this: The Little Bible + American Flag that your Pa as a soldier, in 1917-18-carried with him in France, Belgium, England-in battle +otherwise, during World War...

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Photo of J. Birney Dibble during the Korean War

Eau Claire Veteran J. Birney Dibble Recalls Korean War

...started and there was a ruling that affected a lot of doctors, that if they’d been in seventeen months or more in the Second World War as a doctor, they...

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Nurses at Base Hospital 22

Roses of No Man’s Land – Base Hospital 22

...away from home and it hurts.” – Helen Bulovsky in a letter to her mother, December 24, 1918. “Today a bunch got newspapers and they think the war will end...

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MEDIA COVERAGE OF WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM’S CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT AND MONUMENT DEDICATION

...– Civil War Encampment & Monument Dedication has received the following media coverage: Wisconsin State Journal (July 18, 2015) WKOW 27 News (July 18, 2015) Capital Times (July 19, 2015)...

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MEDIA COVERAGE OF WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM RECOGNIZING THE HMONG: THE SECRET WAR IN LAOS

...23, 2015) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s exhibit opening for Recognizing the Hmong: The Secret War in Laos has received the following media coverage. SUAB Hmong News (November 20, 2015)...

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MEDIA COVERAGE FOR WARRIOR BOOK CLUB

March 28, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (March 29, 2017) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s event Warrior Book Club has received the following media coverage. University of Wisconsin-Madison News...

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The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence – October 1917

...please send me 4 or 5 packages, either ruled or unruled. Also while you are sending that put in from Hawley – Voreck about 5 books of Zig Zag Wheat...

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The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence – December 1917

...as a rule, cold & snappy of course, but fine for drilling. Everyone is getting rather impatient because we get no news or information of any kind regarding ourselves, but...

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