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- ↑ "Secretary's Page" . Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ↑ Elizabeth Dohms (January 13, 2013). "New care center set to welcome veterans" . Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery".
- ↑ "Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery".
- ↑ "Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery".
