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Jason Ward served as an All Source Intelligence Technician and participated in both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

During his enlistment in the Army, John Perrotta was deployed to the European and Mediterranean theaters as a combat medic.

His grandfather was a first lieutenant in Pennsylvania during the Civil War. Kenneth Hill joined the Army in November 1943 to serve in WWII.

Mahlon Marin joined the Air Force when he was 17. He began as a high-speed radio intercept operator using international Morse code and cryptographics.

Michelle Mantooth graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2010 and served for five years as a surface warfare officer.

Kilemon Foster served as a mechanic and maintenance officer with the Marines for over 20 years, deploying to Iraq twice for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Joseph Pierce (his chosen name as a Chinese immigrant). Joseph served during the Civil War.

Mary Durand was able to complete a master’s degree in nursing as the senior nurse at the Oceana Branch Clinic in Virginia Beach.

Bert Poe saw combat in Korea and participated in special operations around the world but retired from the Marines after being wounded in action.

Cronauer, well known by those troops who tuned into his daily radio show “Dawn Buster,” was loosely portrayed by Robin Williams in the 1988 movie “Good Morning Vietnam.”

Stanley Nelson endured difficult conditions while held prisoner and was left to die. American forces found him and evacuated him for medical treatment.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Air Force Veteran Edward Kaspar was responsible for guarding a United States Missile Silo.