Army

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran John P. Blechschmid, who served as a combat engineer during the Vietnam War.

Army Veteran Carolyn Dusty Pruitt served in the Women’s Army Corps and later in the Army Reserve. While in the Reserve, she attended seminary school after feeling called to become a pastor. In 1983, Pruitt gave an interview to the Los Angeles Times about the “Gay, God conflict,” and her commander in the Reserve began an investigation that resulted in Pruitt being discharged.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Robert William Girardin, who served two tours in Vietnam as a helicopter co-pilot and maintenance officer.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Lakesha Green, who helped with humanitarian relief after Hurricane Katrina.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Louis C. Graziano, who was part of the third wave of landings in Normandy during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Guy Whidden, who served as a paratrooper during the Normandy landings.

During World War II, Reba Z. Whittle served in the United States Army Nurse Corps. After the aircraft she was aboard was shot down in September 1944, she became the first American female military prisoner of war in the European Theater.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Keith Allen Campbell, who was killed in action as he was saving the life of a wounded soldier.

On National Airborne Day, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Tom Rice, a World War II paratrooper who landed in Normandy on D-Day.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Howard Goldin, a Vietnam Veteran who started a non-profit foundation in Vietnam.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Harold S. Miller, who served as a merchant mariner during World War II and as a communications specialist in Korea.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Seymour R. Levin, who served as a doctor at Fort Carson, Colorado.