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Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Ralph H. Johnson who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Vietnam War.

Brendel Jackson later went to school to become an OB/GYN nurse practitioner and later to the University of Texas El Paso for her MS in nursing.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy and Marine Corps Veteran Charles Redd. Charles served during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Dominican Civil War and Vietnam War.

Joey Gutierrez was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines Regiment, 2nd Marines Division and stationed in Jacksonville, North Carolina.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Bernard Horowitz. Bernard served in the Army during World War II from 1943 to 1945.

Richard Overton lived in his Texas home smoking cigars and enjoying a daily routine before passing away at age 112. He was the oldest living American.

Ralph Ingersoll served during World War II and was the creator of the Ghost Army.

When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Robert Hamburger felt so guilty for giving anti-war speeches, so he went home and enlisted in the Army in January of 1942.

Bendix Peterson initially served in the National Guard at Fort Preble in Portland with an artillery company until his discharge in 1909

Following the start of the Korean War in 1950, Jim Hansen enlisted with the U.S. Navy. He served from 1951-1955. He went on to serve as congressman in Utah.

Lucille Espey-Francis served three years of active duty and six years of reserve in the 1980s within the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

After completing officer training at Maxwell Air Force Base, Evelyn Dove-Coleman was licensed by US Court of Military Appeals as a Judge Advocate General.