Oral history interview with Mike Karrels [sound recording], 2003.

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Oral history interview with Mike Karrels [sound recording], 2003.

Mike Karrels, a Fredonia, Wisconsin native, discusses his Army service in the Cold War and participation in the Berlin Crisis serving as a mechanic with the Wisconsin National Guard and the 578th Ordnance Company.

Sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 45 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Master sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 45 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Transcript : 27 p.

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Karrels, Mike,

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Karrels served in the Army from 1960 to 1963, and he currently resides in Grafton, Wisconsin. From the description of Oral history interview with Mike Karrels [sound recording], 2003. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 85252142 ...

Wisconsin Veterans Museum

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Ozaukee County (Wis.) Veterans Book Project.

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United States. Army. Strategic Army Corps

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Wisconsin. National Guard

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The Wisconsin National Guard was established as such by Chapter 208, Laws of 1879, but it was preceded by both a territorial and a state militia (WIHV91-A663). As a result of the lack of uniformity among the National Guard units participating in the Spanish-American War, Congress enacted a law in 1903 to unify the National Guard under federal supervision. The governor, constitutionally, is the commander in chief of the Wisconsin National Guard. However, the National Guar...

Arendt, Laurie,

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United States. Army. Ordnance Company, 578th.

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