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Elizabeth N. Johnson

Wisconsin native, joined the Army Nurse Corps in 1934 and trained Army nurses during World War II. She deployed to Korea with the 8076th Hospital (MASH) in July 1950, working to heal and help soldiers wounded while fighting in the Korean War. Johnson retired from the Army in 1954 after twenty years of service. WVM proudly preserves her story through the letters she wrote home from Korea and a scrapbook filled with photographs from her service.

John Cadman, a Stevens Point, Wisconsin native, volunteered for service with Company I, 4th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War. Deemed too light for service as an infantryman, he was allowed to serve as a bugler for the regiment. Cadman and the 4th Wisconsin served garrison duty at Camp Shipp in Anniston, Alabama. WVM proudly preserves his story through the letters he wrote home to his mother, photographs of his service, and objects that include some of his unit insignia and a piece of hardtack.