VFW Stories

Mick Lyons: Realities of Warfare

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Wisconsin Vietnam veteran Mick Lyons discusses the realities of warfare and how those experiences harshly interacted with his homecoming.

Silver Star Larry Rupp

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Silver Star recipient Larry Rupp recalls a life-changing tunnel confrontation with a Viet Cong insurgent.

Daniel Pierce: The Wall

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Wisconsin Vietnam veteran Daniel Pierce discusses his experiences in Vietnam, his lasting emotional connection to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. and the soldiers whose names are etched upon it.

Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans

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A collection of Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans discuss what LZ Lambeau: Welcoming Home Wisconsin’s Vietnam Veterans means to them.

Battle of the Bulge Memories

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Veteran speaks about his experiences in the Battle of the Bulge. ”Don’t let anybody fool you,” he says, “if you weren’t scared, you weren’t there.”

Frederick Solberg: WWII POW

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WWII Veteran, POW, and current Medford resident Frederick Solberg tells the tale of his last bombing run, and subsequent two captures in Italy.

Jack Leroy Tueller

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Orphaned at age 5, WWII veteran, went on to play first chair trumpet at BYU. This is a remarkable story from Jack’s military experience.

Victoriano Galvan

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Filipino Veterans’ Project: Victoriano Galvan recounts his wide range of military experiences.

Walter Switzer

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Walter Switzer was in the ROTC at UCLA when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He reflects on his experiences while serving on a destroyer in the Pacific.

Navy Pacific: Gene Schindler

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Gene Schindler started out Dec 7 1941 two days out of Manila where he had been kicked out of radio school for being awol. (Nearly ALL the radio students in class then at Manila later died or were executed by the Japanese). His entire Navy career he could never amass 4 years of good conduct – THUS his “RED” hashmarks instead of “gold”. His first battles were with the Asiatic Fleet and the Java Sea in USS Paul Jones (a four piper can). This story picks up with the USS Gwin. Great story teller and a tremendous history.