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This powerful new exhibit includes a
prison cell experience where visitors will
peer into the prison door to view a POW
cell from the infamous “Hanoi Hilton.”
Visitors will also learn the “tap code”
prisoners used to communicate
with each other.
DOG TAG CHANDELIER
LIFE AS A PRISONER OF WAR
LEST WE FORGET
In Veterans Gallery, there will be a
stunning “dog tag chandelier”
comprised of 530 dog tags (each dog
tag represents 10 prisoners of war from
Wisconsin) going back to the Civil War.
Chris Abele
Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation
Michael W. Grebe
Melitta S. & Joan M. Pick Charitable Trust
We Energies Foundation
The War Memorial Center Board of Trustees invite you to join us at the opening of our latest exhibit,
LEST WE FORGET, honoring Wisconsin’s service members held as prisoners-of-war
and those classified as missing-in-action on Friday, June 7, 2024 at 10 am.
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