By: Andrea Hoffman, Collections Manager While there are numerous reasons Wisconsin residents have joined the

By Andrea Hoffman, Collections Manager On November 21, 1944, the B-29 “Snafuperbomber” with the 40th

Part of the Rose Ray WVM Collection  This formal portrait is of Rose Jrolf and

Part of the Thomas F. Diener WVM Collection  Thomas F. Diener, a Milwaukee native who

Part of the George Wanserski WVM Collection by Laura Farley This is a love story

By Gregory Krueger, Curator of Exhibits After completing the Armor Officer’s Basic Course, where he

By Russell Horton, Reference Archivist “If I die a prisoner of war, I would like

By Andrea Hoffman, Collections Manager Certain pivotal events in our nation’s history have remained “where

By Kevin Hampton, Curator of History On this Veterans Day, we mark the 100th anniversary

By Yvette Pino, Traveling Art Exhibit Coordinator In June 1942, Milwaukee artist Harold F. Schmitz

By Gregory Krueger, Curator of Exhibits At the start of the Civil War, Union forces

By Kevin Hampton, Curator of History Robert C. McCoy of Sparta, Wisconsin came from a

By Russell Horton, Reference Archivist When thousands of Wisconsin soldiers, part of the 32nd “Red

On March 29, 1973, the last US combat troops were withdrawn from Vietnam, and the last prisoners of war

“It takes about eight or ten people behind the lines to support one person in

By Bobby Brito, Oral History Intern The Great War inaugurated the twentieth century, while the

by Ellen Brooks, Oral Historian On January 7, 2016 I had the pleasure of interviewing

A wise man once crooned that this is the most wonderful time of the year.

Just as servicemen and women often befriend one another, war dogs and their handlers often

By Jeff Javid, Wisconsin Veterans Museum Archives Assistant Robert Balliet of Appleton, Wisconsin served with

By Ellen Brooks, Oral Historian 2018 marks seventy years since the passage of the Women’s

by Kevin Hampton, Curator of History   “…the thing that seems to do the boys