Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Paul Anthony “Tony” Velazquez, who was killed in Iraq while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
A red poppy from the American Legion Auxiliary reminds Americans to keep alive the memories of those who served, especially on Memorial Day.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Nathan Elrod, who died from an IED attack in Iraq.
Lonnie Bedwell, a blind Veteran of the U.S. Navy and Move United Warfighters Ambassador, summited Mount Everest on May 22. He is the first blind Veteran to summit the planet’s highest mountain and only the fourth blind person to ever do so.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Keigan Baker, who died during a swim training exercise and is buried at the Willamette National Cemetery.
Carry The Load, an organization dedicated to remembering the fallen, will visit 34 VA National Cemeteries traveling 20,000 miles along five separate routes covering all continental 48 states known as the National Relay for Memorial May 2024.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Derek Holland, who was killed while serving in Afghanistan.
Today continues America’s 13-year long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War to ensure that every Veteran and family impacted by the war receives our gratitude for their sacrifice.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Frederick Pokorney Jr., the first Marine killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Memorial Day has special meaning at VA, where our patients and many of our employees served in the military.
On this Memorial Day, today’s #VeteranoftheDay is dedicated to the Americans killed in action and missing in action during World War II.
Following the success of a Memorial Day video in 2020, the Air Force Band was back at Culpeper National Cemetery in Virginia April 26 to shoot a video for Memorial Day 2021. The band returned to the site to pay respect and film a tribute to those who lost their lives in war.