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Image Gallery – Capt. Lance P. Sijan Memorial Plaza Dedication

  • May 26, 2017

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VIDEO – WTMJ Cares: Lance Sijan memorial dedication

  • May 26, 2017

Watch the WTMJ Facebook Live webcast of the Lance Sijan Memorial Dedication. Click here to watch.

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WTMJ Cares: Turning death into a positive force

  • May 22, 2017

The Vietnam War ended. A changed nation coped with what it had done to us as a country as well as to those who served. For a Bay View family that lost a son and brother, it meant dealing with the hard truth about his death and turning that into a positive force. Wisconsin's Morning News host Gene Mueller is heading up our latest WTMJ Cares effort to honor Medal of Honor recipient Lance Sijan. To hear the full story, click here.

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WTMJ Cares: Mission Accomplished

  • May 22, 2017

The heartiest of "thank you's" for honoring one of the greatest of heroes "It's never easy asking for money, but when the cause is right the lift isn't quite as hard. So it went with our latest WTMJ Cares effort to raise $30,000 for the Lance Sijan memorial to be dedicated Friday outside the main entrance to Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport. That's a lot of money, and it'll be used to pay off the finishing touches to this one-of-a-kind display featuring an F-4 jet just like the one Captain Sijan was in the night he had to eject into the jungles of Laos. There are plaques, displays...

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WTMJ Cares: Thanks to you, the Lance Sijan Memorial will be reality!

  • May 19, 2017

"Friday morning brought the high point in our WTMJ Cares initiative to build a memorial for a fallen Vietnam War hero from Milwaukee. That memorial will go up at Mitchell International Airport in honor of Lance Sijan, who received the Medal of Honor and has his own Air Force award. He served America in the late 1960's during the Vietnam conflict. Gene Mueller hosted a radio-thon, which brought the final total raised over the top to make the memorial a reality!" For the full story, click here.

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WTMJ Cares: Lance Sijan’s Medal of Honor

  • May 19, 2017

"Of the tens of thousands of Wisconsin service people to serve during the Vietnam War, only six received the Medal of Honor. One of them is Bay View's Lance Sijan who died as a prisoner of war in 1968. Wisconsin's Morning News host Gene Mueller says Sijan's ordeal in captivity made a lasting impact on fellow captives who spearheaded the effort to make sure he received the honor." To listen to the story, click here.

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Lance Sijan Award ceremony for 2017

  • May 19, 2017

As WTMJ Cares raises money for a memorial for Capt. Lance Sijan, his award was given to four men Thursday for their service to America: Col. James A. Schumacher, US Marine Corps (Vietnam); Corporal Willie McLain, USMC (Iwo Jima/WWII); Corporal Glenn Dohrmann, US Army (Korea); and Ralph Windler, European Theater, WWII. To view the gallery at WTMJ.com, click here.

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WTMJ Cares: Why this choice, and why now…

  • May 17, 2017

"Why such interest in Lance, his sister Janine asked me in one of our first meetings as we discussed possible station involvement in his memorial. All I could think to say was, well, were it not for a tweak or two in the Mueller family birth order, that might've been me getting that telegram one day in the 60's..." Click here to read the full story.

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WTMJ Cares: About the Vietnam War

  • May 17, 2017

"Bay View's Lance Sijan is one of 165,000 service people from Wisconsin who served during the Vietnam War. He was also one of 1,200 from the state who died. He’s now a Medal of Honor recipient and the subject of our latest WTMJ Cares effort. The conflict split the nation, and became the first war in which the U.S. would not emerge victorious. WTMJ’s Gene Mueller looks at Vietnam and Lance Sijan fifty years later. " Click here to listen to the story.

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WTMJ Cares: Lance Sijan’s life in the military

  • May 17, 2017

"Some 165,000 Wisconsin men and women served during the Vietnam War. Some were drafted. Others volunteered to go, including Bay View's Lance Sijan -- an Air Force fighter pilot and posthumous Medal of Honor recipient. As part of our ongoing WTMJ Cares campaign, Wisconsin's Morning News host Gene Mueller looks at Sijan's life in the military." Click here to listen to the story.

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