When he saw a man laying unconscious, Natchez National Cemetery maintenance worker Rickey Allen took action.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is a Veterans Legacy Memorial project selection of Army Veteran Overd Gordon Province, who served in three conflicts.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran William Thompson, who received a posthumous Medal of Honor for service in the Korean War.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Coast Guard Veteran Edgar York, who served in Puerto Rico in the 1940s.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Mary Louise Castro, who served in the WAC during WWII.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Korean War Army Veteran David Wesley Armstrong, who went missing in 1951.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Sydney G. Gumpertz, who earned the Medal of Honor for service in France during World War I.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Ralph Rodriguez Jr., who served in the Pacific during WWII and survived the Bataan Death March.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Thomas Mantell Jr., who served in the European Theater of World War II.
The Veterans Day National Committee is now accepting submissions for the 2024 Veterans Day Poster Contest. Submissions are due by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on April 1, 2024.
From the moment the pandemic hit, VA’s public servants mobilized around one core mission: provide world-class care and benefits to Veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors during this time of need. Throughout the pandemic, our public servants executed that mission by risking their own lives, sacrificing time with their families, sleeping overnight at hospitals, and much more – all to save and improve the lives of Veterans.
In a special town hall event on Wednesday, Nov. 8, VA Secretary Denis McDonough addressed the top requested concerns from Veterans and their families, caregivers and survivors.