Mar 21, 2023 · Madison, Wis. (March 24, 2023) - On March 29, 1973, U.S. ground forces withdrew from South Vietnam. The withdrawal officially ended years of war that forever marked a generation.

The War at Home is a documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin, area during the time of the Vietnam War. [3] It combines archival footage and interviews with participants that explore the events of the period on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

In October of 1967, UW students protested against the Dow Chemical Company — the manufacturer of napalm — when it recruited at the Madison campus. The police action and violent confrontations that followed radicalized many previously apathetic students. But the most important anti-war event in Madison took happened on August 24, 1970.

Jan 22, 2025 · Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday that its scientists in December positively identified the remains of U.S. Air Force Lt. Col ...

On March 29, 1973, U.S. ground forces withdrew from South Vietnam. The withdrawal officially ended years of war that forever marked a generation. The images on this page are of a handful of Vietnam veterans of Wisconsin and civilians who served in …

Jan 22, 2025 · MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday that its scientists in December positively identified the remains of U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing of Columbus.

Jan 22, 2025 · Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing over the skies of Vietnam nearly 60 years ago Via AP news wire Wednesday 22 January 2025 18: ...

Mar 15, 2024 · After a tour that spanned seven years and 24 campuses in the U.S. and Vietnam, the acclaimed exhibit, “Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War” will end its long run with a showing in Madison. The exhibit honors tens of thousands of drafted and enlisted GIs and veterans who created a war resistance movement ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin Historical Society will open the Waging Peace in Vietnam Exhibit at 1 p.m. inside main entrance to WHS, on the UW library mall.

Mar 29, 2023 · MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -A new exhibition brought by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison honors Wisconsinites who served during the Vietnam War. On March 29, 1973, U.S. ground forces withdrew from South Vietnam, officially ending the war.