Wisconsin History: Difference between revisions

*1917–1918: The U.S. enters World War I. Wisconsin becomes first state to meet draft requirements; 120,000 soldiers serve in the military, and almost 4,000 die in the war. For information concerning records about this war see [[World War I United States Military Records]].<ref>Ted Beach,  ''Field Service Diary, Mar. 3 to Nov. 28, 1918: Battery F, 121st Field Artillery, 32nd Division in World War 1''. Wisconsin: s.n., 2000. Beach, of Racine, WI, was a private/corporal in Battery F, 121st Field Artillery, 32nd Division. His diary contains short entries reflecting on each days’ events. An appendix includes Beach’s complete biography. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48787041 Worldcat] </ref><ref>Celestine Nicholas Charles Bittle, ''Soldiering for Cross and Flag: Impressions of a War Chaplain''. Milwaukee, WI: Bruce Pub. Co., 1929. Bittle took a leave of absence from St. Lawrence College of Mt. Calvary, WI, to serve as an army chaplain. Stationed at Motor Transport Reconstruction Park at Vereuil, he was the sole chaplain for over 8000 people. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4485766 Worldcat] </ref><ref>Robert C. Andersen, ''The Hingham Boys Muster of 1918''. Hingham, WI: Author,1990. Includes biographical monographs of all 29 World War I veterans buried in the Hingham Cemetery of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. In addition to researching written sources, the author conducted personal interviews with relatives of the soldiers, creating biographies of the veterans’ lives before, during, and after the War.[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26944488 Worldcat]</ref><ref>Doris Litscher Gasser, ''Lachmund Cramer VFW Post #7694: Stories Written in 1996 for 50th Year Celebration''. Prairie du Sac, WI: Author, 2003. This contains articles written about veterans from Sauk City and Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53282029 Worldcat] </ref><ref>James F. McIntosh, ''Wisconsin at War''. Black Earth, WI: Trails Books, 2002. This collection of interviews with Wisconsin veterans focuses on those serving in World War II, with two brief interviews with World War I veterans. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49982555 Worldcat] </ref>

*1930's: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression The Great Depression] closed many factories and mills sending many Wisconsinites to join [http://www.wisconsinlaborhistory.org/milestones.html labor unions.]