• America250: Army Veteran James Okubo

    This week’s America250 salute is Army Veteran James Okubo, who posthumously received a Medal of Honor for his actions during World War II.

  • WWII Veteran recalls V-E Day meaning 76 years later

    Then-Army Air Forces pilot Warren Halstead flew missions daily out of Coulommiers, France, during World War II. On May 8, 1945, he was at his duty station, on break from dropping supplies and transporting wounded to hospitals in England. The news came in: the war in Europe was over. Seventy-six years later, the retired Air Force colonel still remembers the mixed emotions of Victory in Europe, or V-E, Day.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Roy E. Bair

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Roy E. Bair who served in England, France, Holland and Germany during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Forces Veteran Asa William Shuler

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Asa William Shuler, who served as a pilot flying over France and Germany during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Tommy W. Bellamy

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Tommy Bellamy, who served in World War II with the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion in Italy, France and Germany.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Theodore Edward Beach

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Theodore Edward Beach, who served with a Howitzer battery in France during World War I.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Rafael D. Hirtz

    On the CIA’s birthday, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Rafael D. Hirtz, who served during in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran David Guralnik

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran David Guralnik, who served in North Africa, France, the Philippines and Japan during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Marian Elcano

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Marian Rebecca Sebring Elcano, who served as a nurse in France, Belgium and Germany during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran John Powell

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran John Powell, who landed on Omaha Beach 17 days after D-Day and fought across the Rhineland.

  • Daniel Inouye: Nisei With Honor

    Daniel K. Inouye served during World War II in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. During an attack on a German ridge in San Terenzo, Italy, Inouye was badly injured and lost his right arm to a rifle grenade attack. He later received the Medal of Honor for his actions in Italy. After the war, he became a lawyer and was active in Hawaiian politics. He became Hawaii’s first representative to the House and then a U.S. senator.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Vaughn A. Johnson

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Vaughn A. Johnson, who served as a telephone communications specialist during World War II from 1942 to 1945.