Army Veteran Turns To Forestry And Writing To Cope With PTSD
Bryan Box served two tours with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan. Now, he works in forestry in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. In ...
‘A Life Cut Short:’ Remembering A Relationship Ended By War
Some of the people we meet might only be in our lives momentarily, but they can have a profound effect ...
Sun Prairie Veteran On Building Relationships In Iraq With Marine Corps
From his earliest memories, Ryan Erisman of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin knew he wanted to be a part of the United ...
The Hello Girls Of WWI: Heroes On The Front Lines
Way before cell phones, there were these things called telephones. And in the early days, a telephone call required a ...
For The Love Of Military History
When you walk into a classroom at Monona Grove Liberal Arts Charter School, there’s one desk that stands out. It’s ...
Out Of The Trenches: Racine Veteran Reflects on WWI
When the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, millions of young men across the country lined up ...
Franklin Van Valkenburgh’s Pearl Harbor
The Pearl Harbor attack caught America by surprise and led to our entry into the Second World War. Meg Jones ...
Wisconsin In WWI: The Thick of It
One hundred years ago, Wisconsin went to war. In partnership with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, we’re exploring stories of Wisconsin ...
WWI Veteran Recalls His Enlistment, Training, and Pranks
One hundred years ago, Wisconsin went to war. In partnership with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, we’re exploring stories from Wisconsin ...
Carl Zeidler’s Ultimate Sacrifice
Carl Zeidler didn’t have to go to war. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor he was the mayor of Milwaukee, ...
Mildred Harnack: Remembering The Wisconsin Woman Who Resisted Hitler
Mildred Fish Harnack was the only American woman executed by Hitler during World War II. Writer Meg Jones tell us ...
Veterans Tell Their Stories
Pressed for time, doctors often have little time to spend getting to know their patients. An innovative program at the ...
Veteran Cranberry Farmer
Wisconsin is the country’s largest producer of cranberries, and most of those are grown in the Northwoods. Emily Bright visited ...
Food Will Win The War
When most people think of food rationing, they think of WWII. But Americans were first urged to conserve during the ...
A Chaplain on the Front Lines
Not everyone who went to war was a soldier or nurse. Chaplin Walter Beaudette (1884-1962) was a Roman Catholic chaplain with the ...