During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Mary Rasmuson, the fifth director of the Women’s Army Corps.
This week’s America250 salute is Army Veteran Leslie MacDill, the namesake of MacDill Air Force Base who is considered one of aviation’s early pioneers.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Howard Knotts, who became a prisoner of war after his plane was shot down during World War I.
On International Women’s Day, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Susan Kellett-Forsyth, who was in the first class of women at the U.S. Military Academy.
Why do we need Women Veterans Day? Women Veterans Day, also referred to as Women Veterans Recognition Day and Women Veterans Appreciation Day, is the anniversary of the day the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act (pub.L. 80–625, 62 Stat. 356) was signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on June 12, 1948. Prior to then, only women nurses could serve in the regular and reserve forces during peacetime.
Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Martin Gelb enlisted the Army […]
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Ralph Roy Royster, who served with the 97th Bomb Group in Europe during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran George Dibbs, who shot combat footage in Europe and the Pacific during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Earl Walter Witscher, who served during World War II as a photographer with the 165th Signal Photo Company.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Theodore S. Zajac, who served as a major in the Chemical Corps during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Raymond L. Adams, who served in the Signal Corps from 1956-1962 as a clerk-typist.
On the anniversary of the Desert Storm ground war start, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran James Douglas Higginbotham, a communication specialist.