Lead Sponsors

Major Sponsors

Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories is produced as a partnership of The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Public Television, along with an extensive group of veterans organizations statewide.

Lead funding for Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories and LZ Lambeau has been provided by Don and Roxanne Weber, and Associated Bank.

Initial major funding has been provided by Ho-Chunk Nation; The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation; Wisconsin Public Service Foundation; Kwik Trip; Forest County Potawatomi; Oshkosh Defense; General Motors Dealers of Northeast Wisconsin, Chevrolet, Buick, GMC Truck and Cadillac; Ron and Colleen Weyers; Oneida Nation; Philip J. and Elizabeth B. Hendrickson; Festival Foods; Hydrite Chemical Co.; Grainger Industrial Supply; and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Additional contributors include Lowell and Mary Peterson, IKI Manufacturing, The Evjue Foundation, The Mielke Family Foundation, Robert and Patricia Endries Family Foundation Ltd., Ron and Patty Anderson, American Family Insurance, The Boldt Company, Credit Union Executives Society, Michels Corporation, Taco Bell, Tom Schober, David Walsh, and Fred Johnson.

And from contributions from the Friends of Wisconsin Public Television and the Wisconsin History Fund, which is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Thanks also to the in-kind contributions of the Kress Inn, Schneider National, Lamers Bus Lines, MillerCoors, Jet Air Services, Executive Air, American Airlines, Jim's Golf Cars, FABCO, Beacon Electric, Tundra Lodge, Grazies Italian Grill, Chili John's, Fly Me Flag, Fast Signs Wisconsin Tavern League and Waste Management.

Reel-to-Real community screenings and discussions are a collaboration of Wisconsin Public Television and the Wisconsin Library Association, and are sponsored by the 2009-2010 UW-Extension Program Innovation Fund and the Alliant Energy Foundation.

Funding for expanding the programming and educational components of LZ Lambeau™ and Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories continues. Individual and corporate contributions are welcome. To learn more, visit LZLambeau.org.

In planning for Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories, project partners have worked with an advisory board with representatives from many veterans¹ organizations. Members of that committee include the Vietnam Veterans of America-Wisconsin State Council; County Veterans Service Officers Association of Wisconsin; Disabled American Veterans, Department of Wisconsin; Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs; Being There-Reaching Out Inc. For the Wisconsin Families of our Fallen Military; Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Wisconsin; American Legion Department of Wisconsin; the Military Order of the Purple Heart; Wisconsin Gold Star Families; Thuy Smith International Outreach Inc.; Veterans of the Menominee Nation, and the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation; The Hmong Veterans of Wisconsin; AMVETS and the Patriot Guard Riders.