France

#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Leo Joseph Bailey
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Leo Joseph Bailey, who escorted enemy prisoners of war in France during World War I.
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Frederick C. Stilson
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Frederick Clarence Stilson, who served during World War I from 1917 through the armistice.
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Leroy Paul Baker
On the 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Bulge, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Leroy Paul Baker, who fought in the battle.
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Orville Joseph Jackson
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Orville Joseph Jackson, captured and held as a prisoner of war during World War II.
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Phyllis M. Gervais
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Phyllis M. Gervais who served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II and the Korean War.
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Vito Monteleone
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Vito Monteleone, who marched down the Champs Élysées in the Victory Day parade Aug. 29, 1944, in Paris, France.
Hometown hero earns France’s highest military award for service during WWII
Recently at the Southwest Louisiana Veterans Home, Pfc. Amadia Broussard was presented with the highest French meritorious military award for his actions during World War II.