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This week’s America250 salute is Marine Corps Veteran Katherine A. Towle, first director of Women Marines and the second director of the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve.

This week’s America250 salute is Navy Veteran Ann Agnes Bernatitus, a World War II nurse who was the first Legion of Merit recipient.

This week’s America250 salute is Navy Veteran Harriet Pickens, who was one of the first African American women to become a Navy officer.

This week’s America250 salute is Army Veteran Grace Banker, who led the female phone operators named Hello Girls during World War I.

This week’s America250 salute is Navy Veteran Albert A. Michelson, who received a Nobel Prize in physics in 1907.

This week’s America250 salute is Marine Veteran Edgar R. Huff, the first African American sergeant major in the history of the Marine Corps.

This week's America250 salute is Navy Veteran Humphrey Bogart, who served during World War I and later became an Academy Award-winning actor.

This week’s America250 salute is Army Veteran Nicky D. Bacon, who was a Medal of Honor recipient during his second tour of duty in Vietnam.

This week’s America250 salute is Air Force Veteran Harry Stewart Jr., a Tuskegee Airman who received a Distinguished Flying Cross.

This week’s America250 salute is Marine Corps Veteran Marion Carl, who became the first Marine Corps ace in World War II.

This week’s America250 salute is Coast Guard Veteran Vincent Patton III, who was the first African American Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard.

This week’s America250 salute is Navy Veteran Jimmy Carter, who served as a naval radar officer before becoming the 39th president of the U.S.