Oral history interview with Vilas E. Machmueller, [videorecording], 2004.

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Oral history interview with Vilas E. Machmueller, [videorecording], 2004.

Vilas E. Machmueller, a Wausau, Wisconsin native, discusses his service in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War.

Videorecording : 3 videocassettes (ca. 68 min.); sd., col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 27 p.Military papers : 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)

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