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  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Evelyn M. Noles Bayer

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Evelyn M. Noles Bayer

    Evelyn M. Noles Bayer enliste to serve in the Women’s Army Corps in October of 1944 as a dental technician during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran William R. Silvers

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran William R. Silvers

    William Silvers attended Iowa University in Iowa City, where he attended full-time leading up to his departure for the military.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Nurse Corps Veteran Helene Agatha Haile

    #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Nurse Corps Veteran Helene Agatha Haile

    Helene Haile joined the Air Force Nurse Corps at the encouragement of her father who was an Air Force Veteran and had served during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Coast Guard Veteran Lois Bouton

    #VeteranOfTheDay Coast Guard Veteran Lois Bouton

    In 1943, during WWII, Lois Bouton joined the U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserve, also known as SPARS for “Semper Paratus—Always Ready."

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran John Kenneth Delmar

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran John Kenneth Delmar

    Ken Delmar served in the Army after he graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. His first tour was with the Eighth United States Army.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay James Howard Moton II

    #VeteranOfTheDay James Howard Moton II

    Army Veteran James Howard Moton II served in the Iraq War and turned to music for support.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran John Laing

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran John Laing

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran John Laing. John enlisted in the Army a few days after the United States’ declaration of war on Germany.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Force Veteran Mary Sue Templeton Gates

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Force Veteran Mary Sue Templeton Gates

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Force Veteran Mary Sue Templeton Gates. Mary served during World War II and the Korean War from February 1943 to 1963.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Michael Dennis Nestell

    #VeteranOfTheDay Michael Dennis Nestell

    Michael Dennis Nestell is an Army Veteran who served from 1997 to 2017.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Charles Harold Alper

    #VeteranOfTheDay Charles Harold Alper

    Navy Veteran Charles Harold Harper served aboard the USS Waters APD-8 during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Coast Guard Veteran Miles P. Nesbitt

    #VeteranOfTheDay Coast Guard Veteran Miles P. Nesbitt

    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.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Deidre Jean Wright

    #VeteranOfTheDay Deidre Jean Wright

    Air Force Veteran Deirdre Jean Wright served for 20 years during the Persian Gulf War.

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