Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran James R. Tipton, who was captured and held as a prisoner of war for 13 months during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran David W. Stoddard, who served as an aircraft mechanic during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Daniel Wyatt Heatherington, Jr., who worked as a weather observer during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Joseph M. Jackson, who served during World War II and flew 33 combat missions over Germany.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Iris Cummings Critchell, who served in as a Women Airforce Service Pilot during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Violet Clara Thurn Cowden, who served as a Women Airforce Service Pilot during World War II.
Today is a special double #VeteranOfTheDay post for Navy Veteran Kathryn Cruise and Army Air Force Veteran James Cruise, who served during World War II.
Claire Lee Chennault, a U.S. major general who commanded the U.S. Army Air Forces in China during World War II, led the First American Volunteer Group, AKA the “Flying Tigers.”
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Norman Achen, who was shot down and captured as a prisoner of war by Germans during World War II.
Army Air Forces Veteran Staff Sergeant Edwin W. Hays was shot down over Denmark during World War II, spending 15 months in camps as a prisoner of war.
“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.
Alexander Jefferson served with the Red Tail, 332nd Fight Group, 301st Fighter Squadron as a P-51 fighter pilot in Ramitelli, Italy.