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Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Lunsford B. Brown II, who served as an electronic intelligence interceptor and analyst in Iraq.

Harold William Lindsey joined the Navy from Waxahachie, a small town just south of Dallas, Texas. Originally from California, fate would place him on the USS Oklahoma on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor. Navy Seaman 2nd Class Lindsey was one of the battleship’s 429 crewmembers killed in the attack. Almost 80 years later, the North Texas sailor finally returned to his family and friends. 

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Howard Johnson II, who was one of the first casualties during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Phillip Vander Weg, who served with the Golden Knights and was killed during the battle of Tri Nam in Vietnam.

During Caribbean-American Heritage Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Pedro Munoz, who was killed in action while serving in Afghanistan.

During Pride Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Adrianna Vorderbruggen, who was killed in action in Afghanistan.

Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Robert Kassin, a 10th Mountain Division soldier killed in action in Zabul province in Afghanistan.

During the Vietnam War, more than 265,000 American women served the military and 11,000 women served in Vietnam, with 90% working as volunteer nurses.

During National Black History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Andy D. Anderson, who was killed in action in Iraq.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Therrel Shane Childers, who was the first combat death in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Today's #VeteranOftheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Diego D. Pongo, a Raider who was killed in action fighting ISIS in Iraq.

On the 30th anniversary of Desert Storm, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Michael Scott Speicher, an F/A-18 pilot who was the first combat casualty.