Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is everyone who served during the Vietnam War. […]
In honor of Operation Iraqi Freedom’s anniversary, we would like to recognize and honor everyone who served during this international conflict.
D.K. joined the Coast Guard in 1960 and was stationed in the North Atlantic during the Vietnam War. He suffered blunt force trauma and three concussions.
U.S. Coast Guard Veteran Miles P. Nesbitt served during World War II from 1942 to 1946 as a quartermaster first class aboard the U.S.S. Leonard Wood.
U.S. Coast Guard Veteran Alexander G. Thompson Jr. served during World War II as a seaman first class aboard the USS Ingham.
Coast Guard Veteran Donald Dewar served on the USS Joseph T. Dickman and was part of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France.
James Gordon Chambers is a Marine Corps Veteran who served for two years in the Vietnam War and four years in the Coast Guard.
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