2008
Doc has ended the POW-MIA Balloon Launch
at the lakefront after 10 years running.
(SEE 2007 INFO -PICTURE LINKS BELOW)
But, he has been asked to do a smaller POW-MIA launch at the
Bunker/DMZ in Rochester, Wisconsin.
(Hwy 36-Hwy 20) on Memorial Day.
There is also a Moment of Remembrance ride...
The info is on the flyers below..
Please share with everyone.......

EVERYONE IS WELCOME
E

1st ever
Bunker/DMZ
"POW-MIA Balloon Launch"

Doc Dentice & Crew

Sponsor's
Images On Rock
Bunker/DMZ
VFW Post 8343
Welder Supply Company-Pete Mueller

Bunker/DMZ
1st Annual
"National Moment of Remembrance Ride"
Motorcycle Ride

Riders meet at the Bunker
Free registration 9-10am
Riders leave Bunker at 10:15am


_______________________________________________
LAST AND FINAL LAUNCH
THANKS TO EACH AND EVERYONE
WHO KEPT IT GOING FOR 10 YEARS
LARGEST & LONGEST RUNNING
POW-MIA BALLOON LAUNCH
IN THE COUNTRY

Balloon Launch Story & Pictures
Doc & the Crew's Last & Final Launch!
WISCONSIN LAUNCH 2007 PICTURES

Wisconsin POW-MIA Launch Video

Launch Video-Missing Man Table Ceremony
 

THE ANNUALWISCONSIN POW-MIA LAUNCH HAS ENDED!
IMPOSSIBLE TO RAISE THE $5000.00 TO RUN THIS EVENT.....
"THE TRADITION HAS ENDED"
THANKS EVERYONE FOR SUPPORTING ME
"Doc" Dentice

Wisconsin's
10th Anniversary
Balloon Launch Story & Pictures

www.war-veterans.org/Wlaunch.htm
 

10th Anniversary
Wisconsin National Pow-Mia Balloon Launch
Milwaukee,Wisconsin
"Veterans Park at the lakefront"
"MEMORIAL DAY"
May 28, 2007
 

Sorry the Guestbook wasnt working sooner?
It was trashed by hackers.........
Please sign if you found a balloon
We surely missed many responses

Did You Find a POW-MIA Balloon?
Sign the Guesbook and let us know.

2007 GuestBook

Sign Launch Guestbook

View Launch Guestbook


 

2006 GuestBook

Sign Launch Guestbook

View Launch Guestbook

 
 
 

2007
Wisconsin
POW-MIA
Balloon Launch Pictures & Story

 

Region 4 Director Dennis Williams presented a check for the POW-MIA Wisconsin Launch
to Jeff Doc Dentice(Wisconsin Launch Founder-Coordinator) and Julie Spangler on behalf of
"The United Auto Workers of America"
The "UAW" was the major Sponsor of the 10th Anniversary Launch.
Left to Right
Doc-Dennis Williams-Julie Spangler
Wally Kubicki(region 4 Vets Chair-Dennis Walker Region 4 Vets Coordinator
 

 POW-MIA Table Ceremony

WMIL FM-106-Country Radio
Karen-Scott-Radar


Live Broadcast for the Todd Post-92nd Beloit Road-Milwaukee
Wisconsin POW-MIA Launch airing live between 6:30-7am Central Time
Memorial Day
Doc will talk about the POW-MIA Launch
 

Dear Doc,

A friend of mine from MI sent me your website in reference to WI's POW/MIA Balloon Launching.
What a beautiful site this is!
I haven't even come close to viewing it in it's entirety, but did view the pictures from the 2006 Balloon preparation and launch.
Tears (are still) streaming down my cheeks as I view them.
God Bless you in all your endeavors and especially with the coming 2007 events.

Having graduated from high school in  '68, Vietnam was MY war and those who served, those who came home and especially
those who didn't will always have a special place in my heart!

I want to thank you and all of your comrades for your service!  God Bless you one and all!

Judy Cherbonneau
Hillsboro, NH
May 19, 2007
ARMED FORCES DAY
 

Hi Jeff Doc Dentice!
From Jen & the POW-MIA Freedom Fighters
Jeff "Doc" Dentice has put together the longest running POW/MIA Balloon Launch in POW/MIA Freedom Fighter's history
and the Nation! Join him and Wisconsin Memorial Day 2007 for the next POW/MIA Balloon Launch!

Jeff Doc Dentice
 

25,000 Balloons

 10th Anniversary
Wisconsin
POW-MIA Balloon Launch X
Largest and Longest running Launch in the Nation
Memorial Day 2007
May 28
 
 

Rock Painting done by Jeanne Kordus to help raise funds for the Launch!
 
 

POW-MIA Remembrance Ceremony-
Missing Man Table & Honors Ceremony-
Missing Man Formation-

_______________________________________________________________
  2007
NATIONAL POW/MIA BALLOON LAUNCH
SPONSORS & VOLUNTEERS
_________________________________________________
Doc(Vet) & Cindy Dentice & Jenna & Matthew
Julie Spangler(Secretary/Treasurer/Communications
Joseph Campbell(Vet) (Event MC) Helium supply
Judith Singer (POW-MIA Table-Wreath Presentation)
Scott Fitzgerald/Don Kordus(Vet)(Launch Chute-Supplies Coord's)
Rory Wettstein(Vet)(Coachman Productions)Video
Nancy Aycock(Vet)& Mark(Launch Photos)Vets Support

"North American Trojan Flight"
Our 2007 POW-MIA Balloon Launch Flyover

POW-MIA 10TH ANNIVERSARY KITE
THANKS MARY LANGO FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN
1ST EVER POW-MIA REMEMBRANCE KITE MADE
ON BEHALF OF HER BROTHERS PETE & MIKE
THE LANGO SISTERS WERE AT THE LAUNCH
THANKS BRIAN FOR A FANTASTIC CREATION

Region 4 UAW Veterans
Wisconsin Bingo (Our POW-MIA Balloons since day 1)
Bill Fitzsimmons-2007 Balloon Launch Graphics
Welders Supply Company- Big Bend (Helium) Peter Mueller
Machinery & Welder Corp.-West Allis (Helium) Joe Campbell
Waste Management-Dennis Lindquist
WMIL FM-106 Country Radio (Scott & Karen)
WISN TV 12 For Fantastic  Launch-News Coverage
Helen & Little Helen Fojut
Cindys good friend Kitty Ketchum(USMC Vet)
Dick Plucker & Mr. Lewis(Decorated Vet)
Bill Siercks(Tank) & Ma & Family
Dick & Louise Turzinski
Julies friend "RED"
Tom Lober & Ralph
Earl Wood(POW-MIA HandOuts)Natl Alliance of Famlies
Harry & Donna & Legion Riders from Indiana
Dan/Dee & Ma from Indiana
Tony Lombardo & Wayne Cisewski(Miller Brewery)
Tom  Wroblewski & Chris
Glen Fieber(Our Cook)Sollys Grille
Dave Drent(War Memorial Director)
Milwaukee County Exec Scott Walker
Dave Hummel & Billy Sue-Gold Star Mothers Song
Ron Healy-Iowa
Don Matthews  POW-MIA Song
Aaron Flores  UAW Vet  Illinois

Frank Mueller, President of the Vietnam Veterans Chapter in Newberg.Wi.
Our DJ on Memorial Day for the launch.

United Auto Workers Of America
Senator Herb Kohl
George and Victoria Griffin
American Legion Essman-Schroeder Post 20
U.A.W. Local 6
U.A.W. Local 9
U.A.W. Local 95
U.A.W. Local 1268
U.A.W. Local 588
Pete Hansen (Green Bay)
Wisconsin Vietnam Vets Chapter One
VFW Post 8343-The Bunker-Rochester
Milwaukee County Veterans Board of Directors
Wisconsin Rolling Thunder Chapter One
VFW Post 8343-The Bunker
Don-Jeanne Kordus & Son & George & Lori
Sons Of The American Legion-Portage
Sneesby's Denoon Saloon
VVA Chapter 224-Green Bay
VVA Chapter 324-Milwaukee
Janesville Business'
Sign-A-Rama
Fairview Florist
Flying High Flag Store
Duane Drewicz
Ed Beauchamp-Air America Bayside
Sherpers Supply
Papas Bakery Inc.
Solly's Grille
Jody/Kevin-PicknSave Waterford Wisconsin
The Bunker-DMZ
___________________________________________
 

 Task Force Omega

 Advocacy & Intelligence Index for POW-MIAs, Inc

 Lynn O'Shea's Site - A MUST SEE site.
National Alliance of POW / MIA Families
 
 
 

Jeff Doc Dentice
(Founder)
2007 LAUNCH COORDINATOR

_JJEFF DOC DENTICE
Doc's Email

Milwaukee Memorial Day Parade
May , 2008
 Begins at 2pm
Downtown Milwaukee-to Veterans Park
Bill Stys(Chair)
414-281-7789
PARADE WEBSITE
 

How do I organize a POW/MIA Balloon Launch
 
 
 

Please view the updated pictures on Docs launch site:

2007 Launch Pictures
 
 

May 1, 2007
Hi Doc, and thanks so much for sending the greetings, as well as the very impressive visual and animated announcement.
  We'll be delighted to advertise the 9th Annual Launch, plus an announcement and the logo for the event to lead others to recognize its importance.

Please convey to the entire Launch Crew, our strong support for their efforts to call attention to the need for answers,
the principles of accounting for those who serve our country - past, present and future - and the need to signal those now serving our strong support for them.

Very best wishes,

Ann Mills Griffiths
Executive Director
National League of POW/MIA Families
1005 North Glebe Road, Suite 170
Arlington, VA 22201
 
 

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL NEWSPAPER
Largest Launch ever held in the US
THANKS TO THE JOURNAL-SENTINEL FOR THIS FANTASTIC PHOTO

Special Thanks to Aaron Tippon for "The Stars & Stripes" song now playing!
Dont think he knew it would become a POW-MIA Tribute song.
 
 

"Milwaukee's Lakefront"
War Memorial (North side)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
 

Ceremonies & Launch takes place after the
MEMORIALDAY PARADE
Appx. 3:45pm
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

ALL ORGANIZATION'S WELCOME TO JOIN IN

2007 LAUNCH COORDINATOR
Jeff Doc Dentice (Founder)

_JJEFF DOC DENTICE
Doc's Email

 

25,000 POW-MIA Balloons
Largest ever attempted in the USA

BALLOON LAUNCH  TAPES AVAILABLE
CONTACTrjwcoach@charter.net
FANTASTIC VIDEO OF THE ENTIRE EVENT

 

We encourage you to place Doc's link on your webpages, in your e-mails,
everywhere, to educate others
that the POW/MIA issue is still very much alive.
http://www.war-veterans.org/Wlaunch.htm

____________________________________________________________________
THANK YOU FROM DOC

JEFF DOC DENTICE
WISCONSIN POW-MIA LAUNCH FOUNDER SAYS
"LARGEST LAUNCH IN THE NATION IS FANTASTIC SUCCESS"

TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS
FANTASTIC AND WONDERFUL ENDEAVOR!

ONE EX-POW FROM VIETNAM (COL.TED GUY) HAD
A DREAM AND I AM GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO MAKE IT A REALITY FOR HIM.
Jeff "Doc" Dentice
 
 

I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH A GREAT CREW
HERE IN WISCONSIN, WHO HAVE COME FROM
MANY STATES TO HELP.
Jeff  "Doc" Dentice
(Founder) Wisconsin POW-MIA Balloon Launch
Coordinator
Docs Email

_________________________________________________________________

2007 LAUNCH PICTURES-STORY

______________________________________________________

Hi Jeff Doc Dentice!
From Jen & the POW-MIA Freedom Fighters
The POW-MIA National Balloon Launch Story

________________________________________________________________________________________________
This was back in the early days of the POW/MIA Freedom Fighters and we were trying to come up with any kind of idea to
get folks inspired and keep the flame under the issue.  I had heard about a school that did a balloon launch in memory of Vets and thought we
could do one similar for POW/MIA's.   That first year, we got a lot of flak from the enviromentalist poo-pooing the idea saying the balloons
would hurt the environment and that it killed the sea life and any wild life that ate the balloons that landed.  Some people wanted to let
ff butterflies, others doves, but we felt it just wouldn't send the kind of message we needed to send for our POW/MIA's.

We were running a large POW/MIA mailing list at that time with another organization and discussing all this, when Col. Guy wrote me privately,
angrier than heck.  I hadn't known he was gravely ill at this point, but was hearing the murmurs of this doctor's appt and that.  Anyway, he told me,
"To hell with those idiot environmentalists that care more about the environment than getting our guys home.  We need to shake folks up!"  He had
told me that he felt certain there was a chance that if just 1 (one) balloon could get to a living POW and give them hope that they were not forgotten and
we were doing something about it, then anything we could do to make that happen would be worth it.   It was like, this was his last big chance to be a
part of something that he believed in 100% that could make a difference.   "We're not going to leave them behind, Jen.  We're going to let them know
we are doing something.  Don't listen to idiots.  Do it.  Do it for all of them that want to come home.  Do it for all the families still waiting for answers."
And I promised him I would.  And we did.

We did research and found out that with the proper kind of balloon we could keep the environmentalists happy
as these balloons disintergrate at the same rate as a leaf and thus, are biodegradable and not bad for the environment.
We encouraged putting names of POW/MIA's, or links
to info about them on paper in the balloons, or on the balloons, anything to inform the public that men and women are still waiting to come home
and families are still waiting for answers. We encouraged folks to let us know when they found them.  Some balloons traveled pretty darn far -
one from New Mexico was found in Maine!  We sent out press releases, did radio talk shows.  Had some t.v. coverage.

Our first few years were huge successes.  All over the world POW/MIA Freedom Fighters Balloon Launches were held.
But as you know, without committed people staying committed, some of the launches began falling by the wayside.

However, it's a whole other story for Milwaukee, Wisconsin!
With you and your family and all your friends help and even Milwaukee itself,
your launches have most definately been our greatest success story.
"Doc", you stayed stong!  You hung in there.
You put together a great team, got the businesses involved, made it a citywide event.
It was wonderful!  You Launch Crew has continued to keep the flame burning,
continue to inspire, continue to remind us all that
we have a job to do and it isn't done until all our men and women are home.
When one thinks of the POW/MIA Freedom Fighters Balloon Launch, they think of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, because you "Doc" made it
happen and put the event in the chronicles of history!

Thank you for all you do and continue to do Doc!
Glad your moving back to Wisconsin in 2006
The Veterans community for sure has missed your dedication & involvement
Its only fitting that you Coordinate the 10th Anniversary Launch in 2007

God Bless!
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

POW-MIA FREEDOM FIGHTERS
The Milwaukee, Wisconsin POW/MIA Balloon Launch was exactly what
Col. Ted Guy, former (POW-MIA) had in mind when he wanted this project done.
He is gone now, but you have made his dream become a reality.
It gives me goosebumps looking at the pictures
and thinking of what these wonderful people have
accomplished in honor of our POW/MIA's!

Thank you "Doc" and Your Milwaukee Crew!
Jen

 

Hi Doc,
 Thank you for all your hard work and dedication and keeping this project going.
I will post the info about your launch on the message board.

 Jen Bauer
http://www.powmiaff.org

To: Jeff Doc Dentice
 Dear Doc,

I don't know if you remember Ex-POW Col. Ted Guy,
but back in 1998 when we first came up with the
idea of getting communities to do a POW/MIA Balloon Launch,
we got a lot of heat from POW/MIA
activists balking at the idea. But Col. Guy told me to hang in there
and to get this event going. He felt it
was a great way to keep this issue alive. With the help of all of your
team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this
event has been one of our most successful in reaching folks about the
issue and helping to keep the issue alive.

On behalf of the Executive Board and Membership of the
POW/MIA Freedom Fighters, we would like to
present you "Doc" & Your Crew,with this Special Recognition Award for
Exceptional and Continual Service Above and Beyond on Behalf of our POW/MIA's.

Thanks to all of you that made this happen, the Milwaukee,
Wisconsin POW/MIA Balloon Launch has
been one of our oldest POW/MIA events, having participated
since day one in 1998, and has become
our Nations Largest Launch, reaching folks
that never knew about the issue.

We want to personally thank all of you that have participated
since day one, and including those that
have participated in this last POW/MIA Balloon
Launch on Memorial Day 2003:

This award is not given lightly. In fact, as a member of the
POW/MIA Freedom Fighters
you and your crew, are our very
First Recipients.

DOC'S POW-MIA PAGES

 Wisconsin POW-MIA
 
 

"FREEDOM IS NOT FREE"
THIS EAGLE WILL NEVER FLY FREE UNTIL
ALL OUR POW-MIAS ARE  ARE BACK HOME!
 
 

Doc
Thanks so much for the awareness you bring to our eff�
It is greatly appreciated by those of us still working hard for answers.
Please give my very best wishes to your POW-MIA Launch Crew
Sincerely,
Ann Mills Griffiths
Executive Director
National League of POW/MIA Families
 

MILWAUKEE LAUNCH
MESSAGE BOARD
 

 National Alliance of Families

THEY FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM
THEY HAVE NEVER COME HOME
JOIN US IN REMEMBERING THEM
THIS MEMORIAL DAY
& POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY.
 

NATIONAL BALLOON LAUNCH SITE
 

How do I organize a POW/MIA Balloon Launch
 

SiteRing by Bravenet.com

 
 

America's POW/MIAs
 
 
 

ALL POW/MIAs (Prior to July 13, 2003) are now noted as PFOD except Gulf War Michael Speicher

PFOD (Presumptive Finding of Death)

 Wisconsins 37 POW-MIA

Doc's POW-MIA Tribute
 
 

Doc's Email

 Fallen Warriors Project
For All Fallen Soldiers From All Wars
Four Lakes Detachment of the Marine Corps League in Madison, WI.
Help them by purchasing one for your organization.
Each Org. can honor their hometown area Fallen Hero's by displaying this
Tribute and placing their names on a Special brass plate that come with the  Statuette.
This tribute is available for any State.
Honor Family members from all Wars
TELL THEM DOC DENTICE SENT YOU

 

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