The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is pleased to announce a new quarterly event: MESS NIGHT AT

By RICHARD WOLF, Guest Columnist, THE BUGLE Winter 2011 Cover Story (a Quarterly Publication of the WVM).

On July 10, 2015 the Wisconsin Veterans Museum conducted the 2,000th interview for the Wisconsin Veterans

My decision to join the military came a little later in life than most. The

He was too weak to stand. But no one has ever stood taller.  North Korea,

“I am very happy about hering [sic] that you are back from the war, and

This handmade variation on the Type B-1 Summer Flying cap was worn by the donor,

There are still service members who, for a variety of reasons, write the occasional letter with

WWI Sheet Music by Laura Farley When the United States entered WWI, sheet music was

On January 1, 1866, Governor Lucius C. Fairchild delivered his inaugural address and emphasized the

Born on July 6, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois, John W. Garrett was in a

Born twenty minutes apart in Kiel, Wisconsin, identical twins Willard and Wilbur Diefenthaler share a

Today marks the 73rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, where an estimated 200 Wisconsin

As a military linguist, Jeff Carnes provided a critical link between American troops, foreign forces,

Museum Director Michael Telzrow recently interviewed Allan Mallinson, one of Britain’s foremost military historians and

Even before the attack on Pearl Harbor, plans were underway to form a military-affiliated organization

“The last terrible battle has reduced this brigade to a mere skeleton; there being scarcely

When Janesville native Louis Wayne Tyler was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War

While France and Germany served as the battleground for the vast majority of Wisconsin troops

The use of wallpaper as a substitute for newsprint was a common occurrence for some

“Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!  You are about to embark upon

Have you ever noticed, amidst the festivities of a Farmer’s Market Saturday on Madison’s Capital

Although Wisconsin became a state on May 29th, 1848, it did not have a state

Did you know that Memorial Day was first established as “Decoration Day” by the Grand Army of the

The standard issue uniform for American World War II soldiers consisted of a basic wool