The 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence Service stand as testaments to Japanese American soldiers' courage, sacrifice, and patriotism during World War II.
Navy Veteran Denise Brown served from 1975 to 1998 onboard various ships as a communications technician operator and radioman.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Willis Lee Benton, a prisoner of war who survived the Bataan Death March.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Dwight Eisenhower, who served as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe and later as the 34th U.S. president.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Daniel Crowley, who served in the Pacific during World War II and was taken as a prisoner of war (POW) by the Japanese.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Ruby Bradley, a nurse captured as a prisoner of war in the Philippines during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Christine Tron, who served in Operation Desert Storm and became her VFW post’s first female commander.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran George Marshall, a 5-star general who served over 40 years.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Frank Borman, who was the Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 Commander and served from 1950 to 1970.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army and Air Force Veteran Rosemary Hogan Luciano, a nurse who was a prisoner of war during World War II.
In May 1942, National Guardsman William “Bill” Clayton Overmier was captured and sent to a Japanese prisoner of war camp. For the next three years, Overmier remained at the camp until its liberation by American troops.
Sergeant Tillman Rutledge was a POW for three years and survived the Bataan death march. Back home, he was a VA volunteer for 37 years.