Today Wednesday, October 28, the Sterling W. Schallert WWII Propaganda Scrapbook-Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center is being featured in the Archives Month blog. Sterling Schallert, a Watertown, Wisconsin native, served as a supply officer on LST 465 during World War II, seeing action at New Britain, the Admiralty Islands, and Leyte. LSTs (Landing Ships- Tank) transported large vehicles, as well as troops, from island to island, including some Australian soldiers. It was probably from them that he acquired the colorful and fascinating propaganda that he put in today’s featured scrapbook.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Wisconsin Veterans Museum featured in Archives Month blog
Today Monday, October 19, the Helen C. Bulovsky Papers and Photographs, 1914-2001-Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center is being feature in the Archives Month blog. Some of the scrapbooks at the Research Center give a glimpse in to the lives of these men and women before they entered service. Helen Bulovsky was a Madison native who served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War I and provided medical care to injured soldiers in field and evacuation hospitals that were often very near the front lines. Her letters home and diary entries describe the horrendous conditions she faced and the intense nature of life near the front lines.
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