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  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Ralph H. Johnson

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Ralph H. Johnson

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

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Brendel J. Jackson

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Brendel J. Jackson

    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.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy and Marine Veteran Charles Redd Jr

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy and Marine Veteran Charles Redd Jr

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

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Joey Lee Gutierrez

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Joey Lee Gutierrez

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

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Bernard Horowitz

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Bernard Horowitz

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

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Richard Overton

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Richard Overton

    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.

  • Fooling the enemy: Ingersoll creates WWII “Ghost Army”

    Fooling the enemy: Ingersoll creates WWII “Ghost Army”

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

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Forces Veteran Robert N. Hamburger

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Forces Veteran Robert N. Hamburger

    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.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Bendix L. Peterson

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Bendix L. Peterson

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

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Jim Hansen

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Jim Hansen

    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.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Lucille M. Espey-Francis

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Lucille M. Espey-Francis

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

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Evelyn Dove-Coleman

    #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Evelyn Dove-Coleman

    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.

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