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Local history essays about Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and Washburn, Wisconsin, written by amateur local historian Arthur MacLeod, a professional salesman with a deep interest in Wisconsin history. He grew up in and retired to Washburn, and he delivered many speeches to the Washburn Historical Society.

Summary Papers of Howard L. Hayden, a Vietnam veteran from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, who was drafted in February 1967 and served with a U.S. Army mechanized reconnaissance unit (25th Infantry Division, 4th Battalion) based in Cư Chi and Tây Ninh from August 1967 to August 1968. Hayden, a dyslexic, began writing about his combat experiences as part of his work with a literacy tutor in 1993. The collection includes manuscript drafts of stories, typescripts (prepared by Susan Anderson, his literacy...

Summary Letters written by Robert W. Dirks of Jackson County, Wis. to his future wife, Leatrice Sonenberg, during World War II and a reminiscence based on the letters written by Mr. Dirks in 1990. Dirks served from 1942 to 1945 with the 178th Signal Repair Company. He describes his training at Camp Shelby, Miss., the Midland Radio School in Athens, Ga., radio school in Lexington, Ky., and Camp Polk, La. After being shipped overseas, much of his duty time was spent installing radios in vehicles in...