Oral history interview with John Breske, Jr., [videorecording], 2004.

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Oral history interview with John Breske, Jr., [videorecording], 2004.

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John Breske, Jr., an Eland, Wisconsin native, discusses his Korean War service in the Marine Corps.

Videorecording : 3 videocassettes (ca. 90 min.); sd., col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 33 p.Military papers : 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Breske (b.1931) served in the Marine Corps from 1952-1954, and was in Korea from 1952-1953. He was wounded twice on the last day of the war and awarded two purple hearts as well as the Silver Star. After discharge, he attended barber school in Eau Claire (Wisconsin) and operated Breske's Barber Shop in Wausau (Wisconsin). He currently resides in Eland (Wisconsin). From the description of Oral history interview with John Breske, Jr., [videorecording], 2004. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum ...