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Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Donald “Don” L. Scott, who served over 31 years in the Army and retired as a brigadier general.

“We didn’t know we were making history at the time. We were just doing our job,” said Wilfred DeFour, Army Air Forces Veteran and Tuskegee Airman.

Army Air Corps Veteran Arthur Saunders earned the Congressional Gold Medal when Congress gave recognition to the Tuskegee Airmen in 2007.

Alexander Jefferson served with the Red Tail, 332nd Fight Group, 301st Fighter Squadron as a P-51 fighter pilot in Ramitelli, Italy.

“VA Photos of the Week” highlight the connections made between […]

In April of 1943, Irma Dryden was assigned to the Tuskegee Air Base hospital in Alabama to support the pilots of the Tuskegee Experiment.

Mack Gaston was a commander of the Defense Nuclear Agency and was the first African American commander of Naval Training Center Great Lakes in Illinois.

In 1942, Robert Friend was able to enlist in the Army Air Forces and went to Tuskegee Institute for training and joined 322nd Fighter Group.

On March 3, 1945, Robert Martin and 23 other Tuskegee Airmen conducted a mission in Slovenia and Austria. Robert’s plane was hit by antiaircraft fire.

Taking part in the part in the 100-, 200-, and 400-meter sprints, and in the 800-meter power walk, he looks forward to next year's games in Anchorage, Alaska.

After basic training, Harry Leavell was sent to Tuskegee, Alabama for three months of flight training with the famous Tuskegee Airmen.

#VeteranOfTheDay Thomas Ellis served as an administrator for the first all-black Army Air Forces unit, known as the Tuskegee Airmen.