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Last Moment: Tank crew taking a break and unaware this would be their last moment before being killed by enemy fire during the Korean War. Photograph by Army photographer, Ray G. Zehren, a Milwaukee resident.

Olonzo Sisson, a Farmington, Wisconsin veteran, volunteered for service in the Civil War at the age of 17. Along with his older brother Olen, he joined Company B, 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry. For almost four years they fought to preserve the Union in various parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. While over 280 men in their regiment died of disease, both Olonzo and Olen survived. WVM proudly preserves his story through this rare glass ambrotype and official service records.

Mildred Nachtwey, an Oak Creek, Wisconsin veteran, volunteered for duty in the Women’s Army Corps in 1944. Deployed to England, she served at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) as secretary for General Dwight D. Eisenhower. WVM proudly preserves her story through the photographs she donated and an oral history interview conducted in 2009.

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