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7 | FROM THE DIRECTOR

8 | BEYOND STONE: STORIES BEHIND THE MEMORIAL

11 | SGT. BRIAN P. SCOTT REMEMBERED

12 | EVERY VETERAN IS A STORY

14 | THE ADMIRALS WEPT: BILLY MITCHELL AND THE ATLANTIC BOMBING TESTS OF 1921

18 | DESERT STORM DOC: STEVEN L. ORECK

20 | ORAL HISTORIES: WWII WISCONSIN AVIATORS

22 | MILWAUKEE SOLDIERS HOME RENOVATION

23 | CALENDAR OF EVENTS

24 | FROM THE FOUNDATION

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Rodney D. Williams, a Delafield, Wisconsin resident, served in the 17th Aero Squadron during World War I. Williams trained in Canada and Texas before being deployed to Europe, where he flew a Sopwith Camel fighter in combat. In 1918, he downed four planes and one balloon, qualifying as Wisconsin’s first and only World War I combat Ace. While flying his last mission, Williams was wounded, and his gas tank was punctured by bullets. Williams managed to land his plane in an aerodome and was hospitalized for the remainder of the war. After the war, Williams returned to Wisconsin. He died in 1972 and is buried in Salem Cemetery in Delafield. WVM.1070.I031