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The list of memorials and museums was compiled by Carolyn
A. Bohman, Reference Archivist at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.
Visit these Wisconsin World War II memorials
The five memorials pictured below are just five of the 142 memorials
currently being catalogued by the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs.
The entire catalogue will eventually be available online on the WDVA site
by Memorial Day 2003.
Douglas County
Memorial dedicated to Richard I. Bong, America's leading Ace of World War
II. Located in Poplar, one block east of Highway 2.
Jackson County
The Mitchell Red Cloud Memorial located at Hwy 54 near Komensky.
Grant County
Granite pillar containing names of local residents serving in U.S. Military.
East side lists veterans of Civil War, Spanish American War, and World War
I. North and West sides list veterans of of World War II and Korean War. The
South side is dedicated to the memory of the men and women who served in the
Armed Forces from Cuba City area. Donated by Harry T. Andrew. Memorial located
in the City Park of Cuba City.
Iowa County
Memorial located at 139 S. Iowa Street, near the public library in Mineral
Point.
Dane County
Memorial Library on the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
More Wisconsin World War II memorials
The Highground-World
War II
http://www.thehighground.org/globe.html
Clear Lake,
Wisconsin-All Veterans Memorial
http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~clvets/
Milwaukee County
War Memorial
http://www.warmemorialcenter.org/
Richard Bong World
War II Heritage Center
http://www.bongheritagecenter.org/
National World War II
Memorial
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/
Trempealeau
County-Arcadia
http://www.rootsweb.com/~witrempe/military/warmemorial.htm#photographs
Wisconsin
Maritime Museum
http://www.wimaritimemuseum.org/sub.htm
Wisconsin
National Guard Museum-Volk Field
http://www.volkfield.ang.af.mil/doc/museum1.htm
Camp
Cable-32nd Division in Australia during World War II
http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozatwar/campcable.htm
Wisconsin Veterans Museum
http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/
30 W. Mifflin St.
Madison, WI 53704
(608) 267-1799
Hours
Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday (April through September) noon to 4 p.m.
Research Center: Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., or by appointment
Closed holidays
WVM exhibitions
D-Day
Normandy Operation Overlord
An exhibit of artworks by Navy combat artists of the D-Day invasion of Normandy,
France on June 6, 1944.
They
Also Served
Artifacts, photos and text highlighting the contributions of civilian volunteers
Steichen
and His Men
Photos that highlight Navy aviation in World War II
"This
is my war too!"
Women in the military: The Women's Army Corps
Uncovering
the Enemy
Focusing on military intelligence and surveillance from World War I through
the Vietnam War, the exhibit includes a German "Enigma" encryption
device, aerial cameras, communications equipment and interactive displays.
Exhibit can be viewed
on-line or at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.
National Memorials & Museums related to WW II
USS Arizona Memorial
http://www.nps.gov/usar/
American Battle Monuments Commission
http://www.abmc.gov/
Women in Military Service
Memorial
http://www.womensmemorial.org/
Army Women's Museum
http://www.awm.lee.army.mil/
