LZ Lambeau Announcement Press Conference

This press conference announcing LZ Lambeau was held Aug. 19, 2009 at Lambeau Field.

A wide-reaching statewide effort to honor Wisconsin Vietnam War Veterans will culminate in a weekend of recognition and celebration of their service and sacrifice for veterans and their families.

The May 21-23, 2010 events LZ Lambeau: Welcoming Home Wisconsin's Vietnam Veterans will feature a special evening celebration inside Green Bay's Lambeau Field that will honor and thank Wisconsin's Vietnam Veterans, while offering a warm welcome home that many never received.

"On behalf of the State of Wisconsin, I am proud to invite Wisconsins Vietnam Veterans, Vietnam Era Veterans and their families to an important celebration at Lambeau Field in May 2010," Gov. Jim Doyle wrote in a welcoming letter. "We owe our nations veterans and those who are serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other parts of the world today a debt of gratitude that cannot be repaid. But what we can do is keep the promises we made to them and always honor their service and sacrifice. LZ Lambeau: Welcoming Home Wisconsin's Vietnam Veterans will serve as a fitting tribute to Wisconsin's brave men and women who sacrificed greatly in service to our country. The ceremony will honor those who were killed in action and those still missing and listed as unaccounted for from the Vietnam War."

Named for the Landing Zones that Vietnam Veterans were often deployed to and inspired by the interviews with Vietnam veterans from the forthcoming Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories documentary project, LZ Lambeau is 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.

Speakers at the press conference include Ken Black, Acting Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; Kathy Bissen, Director of Programming, Wisconsin Public Television; Don Jones, LZ Lambeau Event Director; Kathy Hughes, Vice Chair, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin; Laura Sankey, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Green Bay Packers; Corey Hoze, Sr. Vice President of Corporate Relations, Associated Bank.

For more information, visit LZLambeau.org.

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