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Bleysin Welch served as a liaison officer facilitating logistical communication between the 10th CSH in Fort Carson and the 10th CHS in Iraq.
Shoshana Johnson was the first black female Prisoner of War in U.S. history and also became a national best-selling author.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Nurse Corps Veteran Eileen Ella Bradley Paine. Eileen served during World War II from 1943 to 1945.
Richard Clark was deployed to Vietnam and was sent to Quang Tri province, 10 miles south of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
Jeanne A. Urbin Markle served in the Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1967.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Dave Pickerell. Dave was master distiller at Makers Mark and Whistle Pig. He passed away in November.
Dr. Edward Jones is in the Army Reserves. He’s the section chief of general surgery and the interim director of advanced surgical endoscopy at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System. He also conducts research into surgical methods and cancer outcomes.
Sam Marchiafava was drafted in 1968 and completed basic training at Fort Polk. He served with the 25th division, 2nd of 27th Infantry in the Vietnam War.
Williams has worked at 35 cemeteries across the country A veteran himself, he served in the 2nd Marine Reconnaissance Battalion, part of 2nd Marine Division
Joe Lopez first assignment was with the 21st Infantry Brigade, 24th Infantry Division in Germany he was reassigned to the 327th Airborne Infantry.
While in Burma, Tom Hardwick's battalion was part of Morris Task Force. Their job was to open up Burma Road, in order to get supplies to the Chinese forces.