The Bugle Spring 2019

BU G LE THE

Donald E. Fisher Collection, WVM Mss 1858

MUSEUM STAFF

DIRECTOR

MICHAEL TELZROW 608.266.1009

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

JENNIFER VAN HAAFTEN 608.261.6802

OPERATIONS ASSISTANT

ELISE MCFARLANE 608.261.0534

ORAL HISTORIAN

VACANT 608.261.0537

SENIOR MARKETING SPECIALIST

KAREN BURCH 608.264.6086

CURATOR OF HISTORY

KEVIN HAMPTON 608.261.5409

PROCESSING ARCHIVIST

BRITTANY STROBEL 608.800.6958

COLLECTIONS MANAGER

ANDREA HOFFMAN 608.800.6957

REFERENCE ARCHIVIST

RUSS HORTON 608.267.1790

REGISTRAR

SARAH KAPELLUSCH 608.800.6955

CURATOR OF EXHIBITS

GREGORY KRUEGER 608.261.0541

STORE MANAGER

GREG LAWSON 608.261.0535

ART EXHIBIT COORDINATOR

YVETTE PINO 608.266.1854

EDUCATION SPECIALIST

ERIK WRIGHT 608.264.7663

THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM

FOUNDATION BOARD

OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT

DAN CHECKI

VICE PRESIDENT

JASON JOHNS

TREASURER

DAN HEILIGER

SECRETARY

TOM HUISMANN

DIRECTORS AT LARGE

LYNN FYHRLUND

DAN GREENE

ANDREW HITT

WILLIAM F. HUSTAD

TIMOTHY LA SAGE

JOANE MATHEWS

LORETTA METOXEN

JOE NAYLOR

PHIL PRANGE

BOB SIMMONS

FOUNDATION STAFF

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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COMMENTS & SUBMISSIONS

We welcome your comments and editorial submissions concerning The Bugle. Comments and submissions should be sent to Karen Burch at Karen.Burch@dva.wisconsin.gov.

The mission of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum is to commemorate, acknowledge, and affirm the role of Wisconsin veterans in America’s military past and present.

THE BUGLE is published quarterly through the support of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation for our members and friends. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation provides funds for the support of artifact acquisition, exhibit production, and the development of educational programs.

FROM THE DIRECTOR

This issue of The Bugle marks only the second change in format of our quarterly publication. You will no doubt notice quickly that we have expanded the number of pages and opened up the presentation from an aesthetic standpoint. The goal is not only to provide more content but also to present it in a way that is visually pleasing. That may seem an obvious objective, but it does not happen without good planning and hard work. I’d like to thank Karen Burch and Yvette Pino for tackling the project in their typically competent fashion. I think that the end result is a reflection of our constant drive toward excellence in everything we do at WVM.

I would also like to thank Brittany Strobel for her efforts over the last few years in handling the layout for The Bugle as part of her former marketing duties while simultaneously handling our archival processing needs and the daunting task of moving archival material from 30 W. Mifflin to the State Archives Preservation Facility. She is now devoting her full work time to handling the processing of all our archival material coming into our collections.

By now, most of you are aware of the recent opening of In My Spare Moments: The Art of Harold F. Schmitz. I urge you to see this important exhibit curated by Yvette Pino, with assistance from Curator of History Kevin Hampton. We think it’s so good that we’ve extended its run into 2020. Finally, I want to draw your attention to the full slate of summer youth programs that Museum Educator Erik Wright and his team have put together. If you have children or grandchildren, or if you know of any young people who might be interested, please share our offerings with them. The wide variety of activities is certain to appeal to youthful curiosity. For more information, please go to our website and click on the “Education” tab.

As always, thank you for your continued support of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Unidentified Wisconsin Bugler, Mss 2010.84

COLLECTIONS FROM THE

Just over a year ago, the museum enlisted the help of conservator Inez Litas in Illinois to restore these World War II leather jump boots as close as possible to their original condition. At the time of their donation in 1991, they were selected for use on one of the 18 bronze figures formerly adorning the front windows of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. But their historical importance led the museum to recently pursue restoration work once they were no longer on exhibit. Now, nearly 75 years after these boots touched Utah Beach on June 6, 1944, we are grateful to reunite them with the rest of the collection of Milwaukee native Martin F. Gutekunst Gutekunst, a veteran of the United States Navy, also donated his D-Day rain gear and Army-issued M1 helmet amongst other mementos from his time serving with the 2nd Naval Beach Battalion. While his is just one of many stories in our collection from Wisconsin veterans who participated in the Normandy landings, Gutekunst’s collection is remarkable for both its rarity and completeness. Be sure to find out more about Gutekunst in his own words in his 2005 Oral History interview as well as explore the rest of his collection in our online database.

By: Andrea Hoffmann Collections Manager

D-Day Boots, Martin F. Gutekunst Collection, V1991.10.12

Cover Story By: Kevin Hampton, Curator of History Russell Horton, Reference Archivist

YEARS

AFTER D-DAY

Seventy-five

years ago this June, the D-Day landings on the Normandy beaches of northern France fundamentally altered the course of World War II and thus the history of the world that followed. Tens of thousands of books and articles have been written about D-Day looking at it from a variety of angles. Some focus on the leaders, the tactics, and the strategy of the campaign; others examine the equipment, the vehicles, or even the weather. Nearly every conceivable aspect of the event has received scholarly treatment to some degree.

The Wisconsin Veterans Museum's approach of relating American military history through examining the personal stories of the individual Wisconsin men and women who were part of it allows us to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day in a unique way. We preserve dozens of stories of D-Day participants from the Badger State, and we are always looking for more. Following is a small sample of some of those stories that help us understand D-Day, as well as the ways that Wisconsin veterans participated in it...

Norman C. Herro Collection, WVM Mss 2010

IN APRIL 1944, on the southern coast of England, Allied forces held a large-scale rehearsal for the D-Day landings called Exercise Tiger. Madison native EUGENE E. ECKSTAM, a Navy medical officer, took part in the training aboard LST 507. Awoken at 1:30 a.m., he heard gunfire and about thirty minutes later felt the ship lurch.

"My first thought was some kind of explosion, like maybe we hit a mine or something. I really didn't know and I don't think it was until quite a few minutes after that that we heard it was a torpedo hit us and that they'd seem a lot of small boats running around so it could have been a German fast boat or a German E-boat."

By chance, a group of German E-boats encountered a convoy of LSTs participating in Exercise Tiger and attacked. Two of the eight LSTs sank, including Eckstam's. A fire spread toward vehicles and artillery shells, causing explosions.

"The ship got so hot that even through our heavy thick military shoes it was just like walking on bare tar in the hot summertime. I climbed down the cargo net and eased into the water which I later found was forty-four degrees, very cold."

Eckstam floated in the deadly cold sea for over three hours before being rescued. More than 200 sailors from his ship died, some in the explosion but others from drowning and hypothermia. Allied leaders feared that this incident would tip off the Germans to their plans for D-Day and almost called off the invasion.

"The ship got so hot that even through our heavy thick military shoes it was just like walking on bare tar in the hot summertime. I climbed down the cargo net and eased into the water which I later found was forty-four degrees, very cold."

Eugene E. Eckstam Collection, WVM Mss

Norman C. Herro of Milwaukee served in the Army Air Forces as a navigator aboard a C-47 transport aircraft tasked with dropping behind enemy lines the very first American troops to land on Normandy‚ even before the main airborne drop that preceded the beach assaults at dawn.

mission was to drop these specially trained Pathfinder paratroopers‚ to get them on the ground so that they could set up beacons, so that the mass of aircraft following us, forty-five minutes later, the whole entire groups could come in and home in on those beacons."

Janesville native Joseph D. Reilly jumped into Normandy with the 101st Airborne Division five hours before the assault troops landed on the beaches. As they approached their drop zone four or five miles inland from Utah Beach, Reilly remembered:

"The planes all dropped as low as possible. With all my equipment, I knew it wouldn't take long to reach the ground. As the wind fills the chute, you feel the familiar snap on your harness and I quickly said a prayer hoping I didn't have too many blown panels because at 800 or 900 feet, if your main chute has any problems, forget the reserve, you're too close to activate it. It was a dark night and the ground came up to meet me just as my eyes saw some trees outlined in the dimness."

"Our

D-Day, Normandy. Oliver J. Haessly Collection, WVM 1023

Making his way through the darkness, Reilly spent the next several hours joining up with other paratroopers that landed nearby. As H-Hour approached for the assault troops on the beach, he remembered witnessing the naval bombardment that preceded the landings:

"We could hear some more small arms fire and then some heavy artillery in the distance. We came through a hedgerow and walked up a hill. When we got to the top, we kept a low profile and what we saw was awe-inspiring. About a mile away, we could see a coastal gun emplacement. A few radiomen from the Navy, who jumped with us, were just beginning to give us a show I'll never forget. On their radios, they contacted some battlewagons offshore. Their firepower was very impressive. When I saw the projectiles come and land near the heavy concrete Nazi pillboxes, first saw the blue ball of fire and then heard the explosion. They fired for about an hour and I just thanked God they were on our side."

A radioman on a patrol torpedo (PT) boat, Beloit native Donald E. Fisher deployed to Europe in the spring of 1944. "We got here in April, and went operational on the night of June fifth‚ the night before D-Day. Our job then was to screen the minesweepers which were clearing a path for the invasion fleet, protecting them against possible attacks by German E-boats."

While they didn't encounter any E-boats, Fisher and PT 503 faced other dangers. One boat from our squadron hit a mine. "We were under fire from German shore batteries, and they split one minesweeper right alongside us, but we weren't hit."

Earl O. Ganzow a native of Fort Atkinson, arrived in England in May 1944 and became part of the 237th Combat Engineer Battalion. With that unit, he took part in the Utah Beach landing, and he described it as much as censorship would allow in a June 8 letter to his wife, Marian.

"I suppose you really are on needles and pins reading the news in the paper and over the radio. Well honey, that's what it really is over here and I mean it's hell. I sure hope I don't have to go any further than I am right now. It sure is a sight and I mean wicked. But we got to get these Germans out of the way fast and we are really doing it, too."

Donald

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Less than a week later, he wrote with additional details.

"Well honey, here are a few things that happened while we made our beach head landing on the day of the invasion. I can't say I was the first one to make the landing but the Eng[ineer Battalion] I am with now did and it sure was a battle. I hope for God's sake these guys don't have to make any more like that 'cause I'll be right there with them the next time. I was one of the men that came in on the third wave but we did not have it so bad as the 1st wave. But they just batter the hell out of the Gerries and I don't mean maybe. But I'll tell you more about it if I ever get home."

We will be sharing more stories of D-Day from our collections as we observe the 75th anniversary of this fateful event. If you know of a Wisconsin veteran who took part and want their story to be preserved and shared along with these, please let us know.

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Earl O. Ganzow Collection, WVM Mss 1026

ARCHIVES

Last Moment: Tank crew taking a break and unaware this would be their last moment before being killed by enemy fire during the Korean War. Photograph by Army photographer, Ray G. Zehren, a Milwaukee resident.

Roy G. Zehren Collection, WVM Mss 0589

Olonzo Sisson, a Farmington, Wisconsin veteran, volunteered for service in the Civil War at the age of 17. Along with his older brother Olen, he joined Company B, 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry. For almost four years they fought to preserve the Union in various parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. While over 280 men in their regiment died of disease, both Olonzo and Olen survived. WVM proudly preserves his story through this rare glass ambrotype and official service records.

Mildred Nachtwey, an Oak Creek, Wisconsin veteran, volunteered for duty in the Women’s Army Corps in 1944. Deployed to England, she served at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) as secretary for General Dwight D. Eisenhower. WVM proudly preserves her story through the photographs she donated and an oral history interview conducted in 2009.

EVERY VETERANIS A STORY EVERY VETERANIS A STORY

Students

Completing Grades 3-8

Bring your own lunch & snacks

$225/week Museum Members

$250/week Museum Non-Members

JUNE 17-21

FLOAT YOUR BOAT

Grades 3-5

JUNE 24-28

When I Grow Up I Want to Work in a Museum

Grades 6-8

JULY 15-19

Spy Camp

Grades 3-5

JULY 22-26

Home Front Helpers

Grades 3-5

Register online at www.WisVetsMuseum.com/events

APRIL

Mark Your Calendar

Drink & Draw

6:30-8:00PM

No artistic experience is necessary for this fun evening of drawing and cocktails. As we talk about veteran artists, participants will sketch objects and photos from our collection. Experienced artists can join us and draw at your own pace with limited guidance.

Warrior Book Club

7:00-8:30PM

Join us at the Museum as we explore the world of military literature and engage in thought-provoking dialogue. Each month features a new author and a new perspective. The books are free and registration is required.

Mess Night

7:30-8:00PM

UW-Madison Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, Alan P. Vonderohe, will discuss the evolution of mapmaking from WWII to present day. Focusing on ground and aerial based components, Dr. Vonderohe will illuminate the experience of WWII mapmakers like Harold F. Schmitz.

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Spring Gallery Night

5:00-7:00PM

9

MAY 11 24 25

Join us as we participate in Spring Gallery Night 2019 presented by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA). Explore the museum and visit our new exhibit IN MY SPARE MOMENTS: THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ during Gallery Night. Trivia at the Museum

6:30-8:00PM

Come to the museum and test your trivia knowledge! Teams will work together to answer trivia questions or they can "call a curator" for help. This event is free and anyone is welcome to participate. Happy hour starts at 6:30 p.m. with trivia to follow at 7:00 p.m.

Warrior Book Club

7:00-8:30PM

Join us at the Museum as we explore the world of military literature and engage in thought-provoking dialogue. Each month features a new author and a new perspective. The books are free and registration is required.

Program location is the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, unless otherwise specified. For detailed information visit:

www.wisvetsmuseum.com/events

FOUNDATION FROM THE

The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation is teeing up to host its 15th Annual Golf Outing on Monday, July 8, 2019 at The Oaks Golf Course. Every year golfers from across the state join us to golf and raise funds for the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Last year we raised over $34,000 for the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s exhibits and programming. Will you join us in making 2019 an even bigger success?

This year’s outing will be a four-person scramble, featuring prizes for a hole-in-one, a putting contest, and a golf ball toss. Also, participate in our prize drawing contest, with an opportunity to win a 55’ inch flatscreen television and other great gifts. Lunch will be provided and heavy hors d’oeuvres following golf. This is a great opportunity to mingle with the state’s military and veteran leaders.

Your support is crucial to sharing our veterans’ stories! The proceeds from the golf outing this year will support the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s traveling exhibits program, which help us share even more of our veterans’ stories with an additional 100,000+ people across the state and Midwest. Your continued support ensures the museum will properly honor and preserve the legacy of Wisconsin’s veterans, and share their stories with the more than 20,000 students and 90,000 visitors that enter our doors each year.

Registration opens online Monday, April 15th at: https://www.wisvetsmuseum.com/foundation/special-events/. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, call (608)261-0536 or email Jennifer.carlson@wvmfoundation.com.

NEW FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

Timothy Charles La Sage

We are excited to announce our newest foundation board member, Timothy Charles La Sage. Retiring a First Sergeant from the Marine Corps after 22 years with multiple deployments overseas, Timothy was awarded two Purple Heart Medals, three Navy Commendation Medals—two with Valor in Combat, two Navy Achievement Medals for life saving actions, and a Meritorious Service Medal. Timothy now works at WPS Health Solutions as the Military Affairs Manager and will bring a wealth of experience to our board. We are elated to have him join us and look forward to working with him.

Monday, July 8, 2019

9 AM–5:30 PM

FOUR-PERSON SCRAMBLE

• Golf Ball Toss

• Putting Contest

• Prizes for hole-in-one

• Prize Drawing Contest

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$100 INDIVIDUAL/$400 FOURSOME

REGISTER AFTER JUNE 9TH: $125 INDIVIDUAL/$500 FOURSOM E

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MONDAY, APRIL 15TH

At the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, our volunteers are essential to helping maintain our mission. They bring their own set of expertise and wonderful personalities to the job. This spring, we are honoring volunteer Richard “Rick” Berry. Berry served as an Aviation Warrant Officer flying Huey Helicopters with A Company of the First Calvary Division of the

United States Army in the Vietnam War. He began volunteering with us in 2005 when he learned that the museum had a strong educational program. He greatly enjoys leading guided tours for 4th and 5th grade students. Berry says, “They are at an age where they are curious and ask questions freely, and are just fun to talk to.” Berry has also represented

the museum as a guest lecturer, presenting on his personal experience regarding helicopter operations during the Vietnam War. Volunteering at the museum has allowed him to realize how much military service is appreciated by his fellow citizens who visit the museum. For him, this represents a large difference from the reaction many Vietnam veterans

SPOTLIGHT VOLUNTEER

If you are interested in volunteer opportunities at The Wisconsin Veterans Museum, please contact us at (608) 264-7663 or at visitor.curtor@dva.wisconsin.gov

"I volunteer to pay back for the fortunate life I have been blessed with."

Left: Richard Berry Collection, Mss 2007.123. Right: Photo Courtesy WVM experienced in the 1970s. Berry’s volunteer service has not only educated visitors, but our staff has learned a great deal from him as well. We are thankful for his continued volunteer efforts and his dedication to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

We are deeply grateful to the following donors who supported the Museum in 2018 through annual donations, grants, memberships, sponsorships, and even ticket purchases. The Museum’s dynamic programming and award-winning exhibits would not be possible without your generous support!

Wisconsin Humanities Council

Jerome Frautschi

Gary Mawhinney

Boldt, Thomas

Culver’s at Todd Drive and Cottage Grove Rd

Dane Arts

Devitt, Linda Schmitz

Echo Tap Bar & Grill

Edgewood College

Department of Military and Veteran Services

First Business Bank

Graduate Madison Hotel

Hamilton Roddis Foundation

Harned, Lewis

Ho-Chunk Nation

Hooper Foundation

Hustad, William and Jackie

Johns, Jason

Madison Navy League

Mayo, Zachary

Nettesheim, Joel and Donna

Powell, Walter Connally

Reiland, Tim and Liz Orella

Simmons, Bob

Still, Kathleen

VFW Post 10272 (OregonBrooklyn Memorial)

WPS Health Insurance

Adams, Cheryl and John

Ahlgren, Janet

American Legion Post 115 (Cleary Miller)

American Legion Post 0059 (Otis Sampson Post)

American Legion Post 0214 (Bates-O’Brien-HoweWiegel Post)

American Legion Post 111 (Phaneuf-Vanasse)

American Legion Post 0141 (Stuessy-Kuenzi Post)

American Legion Post 175 (Loyal)

American Legion Post 0348 (Olson-Grinde Post)

American Legion Post 239 (Schlender-Polley)

American Legion Post 0502 (Bloecher-Johnson Post)

AMVETS Post 51

Weber-Tess

Andersen, Dan and Linda

Angevine, James

Arestides, Alexander

Arestides, Karen

Arestides, Nicholas

Armstrong, Glen

Arnold, Barbara

Balch, Andy

Bardeen, James

Bartz, COL (Ret) Claudia

Benton, Michael

Berens, Todd

Blondet, Ariel

Boedecker, Karen

Boucher, Francois

Brodd, Thomas

Bryant, Mae

Bublitz, James

Bull, Ronald

Carlson, Jennifer

Clarke, John

Clearspring Energy Advisors

Cowsert, Barb

DAV Chapter 53

D/B/A DL’s Tours

Deci, David and Diane Hart

Dillon, Ralph

Dolinar, Susan

Duecker, Robert

Dunn, Thomas and Joan

Ehrlich, Joel

Ely, Michael and Kate

Engeler, Jr., James

Englesby, John

Experimental Aircraft

Assn. Chapter 706

Fay, Dennis

Fetterly, Roger

Flatley, Tim

Foley, Linda

Giese, John and Julianne

Glenn Stephens

Elementary

Good Shepherd Post 1329

Goodman, Walter Grand Avenue Elementary School

Greenberg, Barry

Haight, James Hall, John

Hall, Tyson

Hampton, Kevin

Harbor Athletic Club

Hattenhauer, John

Hausmann-Johnson Insurance Inc.

Heiliger, Cheryl

Heiliger, Dave

Henry David Thoreau

Elementary

Herbert H. Kohl Charities, Inc.

Horton, Robert and Carol

Huismann, Tom and Karen

Nordeen, Dale Northland Pines School District

Nyberg, Edwin and Sally

Olesen, Gerald

Oleson, Max

Olien, David

Oreck, MD, Steven

Pagenkopf, Donald and Donna

Parker, James

Patterson, Bill

Paulsen, Robert

Peisch, Christopher Precision Dose, Inc

Powers, Brian

Prairie View Elementary

Powell, John

Sub- Zero Wolf Foundation, Inc

Thrivent Choice

Thorson, Thor and Alice

Tetzlaff, Lynne and Daniel Tomah Middle School

Uline

Unger, Jeffrey University School of Milwaukee

Van De Loop, John Van Hise Elementary School

VFW Post 01879 (Edwin Frohmader Post)

VFW Post 06498 (GrossYaksh Post)

VFW Greendale Post 10519

VFW Post 9511 (Mount Horeb Centennial)

Watkins, Mike and Katrina

Watkins, Tracy

Webster, PhD, Stephen

Wegner CPAs, LLP

Wegner, David and Mary Wertsch, Paul

West, Ralph

Westphal & Company, Inc.

Wilken, David

Wilkening, Albert and Patricia

Wisconsin Broadcasters Association

Wisconsin Vietnam Vets Chapter 3

Wisconsin Vietnam Vets, Inc.

Wright, Elisabeth

Yau, Suzanna

(Robert W. Ginther Post)

American Legion Post 0552 (David Leet Post)

American Legion Post 350 (Fuhrman-Finnegan)

Amacher, La Verne

Amacker, Judith

Anderson, Jan

Anderson, Patricia

Andrews, John

Arestides, Christina

Arestides, Karen

Arndorfer, Roberta and James

Aquin Catholic Junior High School

Bach, Daniel

Bachmann, Richard

Baures, Chad

Borgkvist, Thomas

Boullion, James

Bovre, Michael

Brasser, Dale

Brisk, David and Gerry

Brown, Carol

Budish, Marilyn

Buechner, Paul

Burch, Leslie and Charles Burk, Terry

Burkart, Andrew

Burnett, Mark

Burns, Joseph

Callaway, Martin and Mary

Campion, Brad and Karla

Casey, Jr., John

Chandler, Richard

Dietrich, Diane and Mark Martinka

DeValkenaere, James Dexter, Mark Dow, Stephen

Dresen, Gretchen Duck, Holly Dunbar, Donald

Eilbes, Paul Engler, Jill Evangelist, Virginia

Fiene, Steve

Finke, William Fisher, Michael

Flanagan, David and Maureen

Friedman, Rich Friends of Mount Horeb Library

Icke, John and Karen

International Right of Way Association

Jaeger, Dennis and Nancy

John Muir Elementary

Johnson, Craig

Johnson Bank

Kafka, Daniel

Kaldenberg, Tom

Kelly, James and Carol

Kennedy Elementary School

Kennedy, Thomas

King, Jeannette

Kline, David

Knop, Edward and Margaret

Knox, Kathleen

Koeppen, John

Koski, Kevin and Jane

Kraniak, John

Krueger, Cal and Susie

Kurtz, James and Rebecca

Lake Mills Middle School

Lands' End Inc.

Larson, Robert

Leverance, James and Jane

Lincoln Elementary School

Lindstrand, Keith and Katherine

Loras College

Lycon, Inc.

Madison Arts Commission

Madsen, Frederic

Majka, Andrew

Marino, Allan

Martin, Ronald and Donna

Marty, Mathew

Mathwig, Ann

Matusinec, Francis and Rose Mary

McCormick, Frederick and Ginny

McCrory, Tom

Military Order of the Purple Heart Iron Brigade Chapter 165

Miller, Gerald

Miller, Kenneth Milton High School

Milwaukee County War Memorial, Inc.

Mitchell, Rita

Morledge, John

Mullins, Michael and Karen

Musicnotes

Myers, Robert Naleid, William

Race, John and Rita

Radosavljevic, Julie

Raftery, JR, William Rattenbury, Richard

Rogan, COL (Ret) John

Ronge, Robert Rueden, Henry

Sasman, Bob

Schedler, Jonathan and Jo Ann

Schrag, Beverly

Schroeder, John

Seifert, Howard

Sharratt, Tom and Sharon

Sheboygan County Historical Society

Shomos Family Foundation

Sloan, Fred and Nancy

Smith, Judy

Smith, Ken and Linda

Smith, Lanny and Margaret Sokaogon Chippewa Community

Speracino, Denise

Saint Maria Goretti School

Stenavich, Anna

Stern, Charles and Sharon

Strobel, Kevin and Vickie

Stubbe, Ray

VFW Post 02312 (Cecil Jones Post)

VFW Post 02260 (Solveson-MoosAbrahamson Post)

VFW Post 00328 (Badger Post)

Zimbric, Gerald

Abrahamson, Harvin

American Legion Post 0029 (Kewaunee Post)

Benes, James and Lois

Berard, Jerome

Berkvam, Peggy

Benson, Rodney and Bonnie

Clemmons, Ozzie and Barbara

Cohen, James

Cole, Donald Collins, Rev. Dean

Connell, Marilyn

Froelich, Ralph

Fuchs, Linda Fuller, Robert Fyhrlund, Lynn Geddes, Donna Gerndt, Gerald and Donna Graham, William Grant, Kenneth and Mitzi

VFW Post 06709 (BentleyHull Post)

Viner, MAJ Orrin

VVA Central Wisconsin Chapter 101

Wagner, Dennis and Barbara

Walmart Stores, Inc.

Distribution Center #6025

Wartinbee, Jr., James

American Legion Post 0166 (Paul Frank Florine Post)

American Legion Post 0167 (Sauk Prairie Kuoni Reuter Post)

American Legion Post 0257 (Beckett-Kurth Post)

American Legion Post 0437 (Greening-Buelow Post)

American Legion Post 0521

Berry, Richard

Best, Linda

Bezruki, Don

Bieniek, SGM Brian

Blessed Sacrament School

Bley, Leroy

Bloom, Wilson

Bonack, Donald

Core Knowledge Charter

Cornell Elementary School

Costello, Kathleen

Crawford, Karen

Davison, Edward

Decatur, Mary Ann Ward

Deeken, Michael and Johanna

DeGuire, Frank

Gregg, Bruce and Marsha Grimm, Philip Groff, Scott Gross, Tammy Gruennert, Jim and Joann Haag, Douglas Haahr, Julianne Haidinger, Shirley Hall, PhD, John Hampton, Alice Hanson, Sharla Haspl, Lee Hatfield, Wayne

Heiliger, Dan and Tarah

Heinritz, Melinda and Mark Heinzman, Joseph and Judy

Helfrecht, Donald

Herchline, Thomas and Marylynn

Reeve, James and Ann

Reich, Dale

Richardson, Kenneth

Sulman, David

Sys, Joel

TEACH Home School

30 WEST MIFFLIN STREET MADISON, WI 53703

Herrling, Patricia

Hettich, COL Paul

Heuer, Martin

Highland Middle School

Hilbert Elementary

Hoefs, Sara

Hoesly, Michael and Nan

Hofer, John

Hofer, Dave and Patsy

Hoffman, Geoffrey and Andrea

Hogan, William

Hogue, Janice

Holmen, Dale

Hughes, Jennifer

Hulburt, Jim

Hundt, Michael and Lori

Immanuel Lutheran School

Janz, James

Jevens, Lowell

Julie, Donald and Shockey

Kadlec, Robert

Kainz, Terrence

Kallas, Phillip and Priscilla

Kampen, Sharon

Kappen, Joel and Mary

Keller, Jeff and Jody

Kelly, Joanne

Kim’s Tours

Kind, Arn King, John

King, Kathie

Klandrud, Kevin and Ellen

Knesting, Bernard

Knutson, Joyce

Kostka, Marvin

Kubina, Jo

Lake, Stacy

Lamb, Luke

Landwehr, Lawrence

Lauber, John

Leetz, Daniel

Legacy Estates

Legrand, Mark

Lemke, Ralph

Lenz, David

Lewein, Donna and Scott

Licht, Wesley

Liebl, Ronald

Lindeman, Roy

Lobeck, William

Lucke, Paul

Luedtke, Leigh

Lundin, Dona

Luther, Robert and Joann

Mann, Robert

Maltes, Gilda

Mauermann, Tom

Markert, Bruce

Martin, Robin

Martinelli, Thomas

Masin, George

Mathews, Joane and Ric

Maxwell, Connie

Mc Ternan, Lt. Col (Ret) George

McGuire, Mike

Medina, Yolanda

Mikulay, Jerome and Mary Ellen

Millane, James and Monica

Morris, Terrell

Mueller, Tom

Mukwonago High School

Mulrooney, Teresa and Paul Eastwood

Naylor, Daniel and Mary

Naylor, Joseph

Nemke, James and Karen

North, Brian North Lakeland School

District

Northern Illinois University

Norwell, Mary

Nowicki, Edward

O’Loughlin, Dennis

Olson, John

Olson, Margaret Ann

Olson, Peter and Cheryl

Ong, John

Osborne, Gerald

Osten, John

Parisi, Margo

Pedersen, Paul

Phelan, Joan

Phillips, Gene

Pierce, Edward

Pipia, Thomas

Porth, Guy

Powell, Angela

Powles, John

Prahl, Mary

Pribbernow, Charles

Ramos, Angela

Rasche, Pamela

Rasmussen, Steve

Redding, Ned and Carol

Ridgely, Jr., COL (Ret)

William

Robbins, William

Rodas, John

Roden, Robert

Rio Elementary School

Rouse, Geraldine

Royall Intermediate School

Rusch, Lynn

Ryan, Adam

Safranek, RJ

Saint Anthony Parish

School

Saint Charles Catholic

Saint John’s Lutheran School

Saint Leonard School

Sayles, William

Schaefer, James

Schaller, Andrew

Schallert, Nancy

Schemenauer, Ken and Eleanor

Schlappi, Ed

Schmidt, James

Schmidt, Jay

Schmidt, Sharon

Schroeder, Paul

Scott, James

Sherven, Jo Ann

Siegert, Marvin and Judy

Siren Elementary

Smithson, Steve

Stone, Vivian

Storch, Marc

Strutzenberg, Eugene and Donna

Stutzman, Randall

Telzrow, Michael

Telzrow, Thomas

Tillema, Dean

Townsend, John and Maria

Tradewell, Sr., Thomas

Tubesing, Donald and Nancy

Vanderbilt, Katherine

Van Deventer, Rod and Patricia

Van Ells, Mark

VFW Post 08021 (Westby Post)

VFW Post 5274 - Ladies

Auxiliary

Vipond, Kelli

Voss, Dale

Waity III, Charles

Walker, Brian and Kimberly

Walker, Kate

Wartolec, Walter

Weber, Nicholas

Weier, John and Anita

Weiner, John

Westbury, David

Weston Elementary School

Wetzel, Calvin

Wisconsin Public Television

Witherill, Jerry

Wolf, Richard and Marjorie

Woolley, William and Jean

Ziegenhorn, Mark

Ziegler, Jacqueline

Zehren, Geraldine

Zien, Dave

Zeisser, Jr., Charles

Zwickey, Jim