Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Raul M. Hidalgo, a reconnaissance scout in the Asiatic Pacific Theater during World War II who is 96 years old.
Corporal Ed Bearss fought during Operation Cartwheel at New Britain during WWII. He later became a well-known military historian of the Civil War.
During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Yoshito Fujimoto, a World War II translator.
WWII Veteran Milton Zaczek celebrated his 101st birthday in November. A few weeks later, he received a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. Born during the Spanish Influenza, this was his second pandemic.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Howard Catton Gilbert, who served in the Naval Armed Guard and on a liberty ship during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Force Veteran Leo Agers, who served at an air base in New Guinea and managed plane refueling during WWII.
Marine Corps Veteran Pauline “Polly” Moriglioni, 92, is spending her time in hospice care checking things off her bucket list. “That was fabulous. I would have liked more waves but it was beautiful.”
During National Pet Month and beyond, VA is working with multiple pet organizations to ensure that Veterans experiencing homelessness or housing instability have the support that they need to keep their pets healthy, safe and well cared for.
This week's VA Photos of the Week highlights VA employee feature photos from around the country, including Arkansas, Florida, Colorado, Tennessee, New York and Missouri.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Yukio Kawamoto, who served as a translator during World War II and for President John F. Kennedy.
In 2013, Dr. Steve Braverman, a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, was named commander of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. The institute works to solve the top threats to soldier readiness and lethality, such as disease and battle injury.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Stuart Felton, who flew as a navigator aboard B-17s and B-24s during World War II.