Tuesday is the 73rd Anniversary of D-Day, the allied landing at Normandy during World War II. The University of Wisconsin provided life-saving research during the war including in direct support of the D-Day landing.
Of course, Wisconsin also saw many of his students called into service during the war some of whom did not return.
An article posted on June 2nd describes how research work at the University of Wisconsin aided the D-Day invasion by helping expand access to penicillin.
By discovering new strains, isolating more productive mutants, and improving growing methods, UW–Madison biologists helped supply Allied troops with enough penicillin to treat life-threatening infections.