Korean War

Drury Wood served as a Marine Corps fighter pilot during World War II and the Korean War. He later tested planes for companies in the U.S. and Germany.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran James Day Merle Holmes, who served as a signal support system specialist during the Korean War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Dorsey Joseph Bartlett, who served during World War II and the Korean War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Kurt Chew-Een Lee, who received a Navy Cross and Silver Star during the Korean War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Thomas Friday Keahanui Hema, who fought in World War II and died defending Pusan during the Korean War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Carl Cooper, who fought in the Battle of Okinawa with the 6th Marine Division during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Anthony Carvelli, who worked on aircraft and mechanical maintenance during a career spanning 41 years.

Al Ungerleider, an Army lieutenant in World War II, took part in the assault to liberate the Dora-Mittlebau concentration camp in Germany on April 11, 1945.

On his 100th birthday, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy and Air Force Veteran William McDearman, who served on the USS Medusa and Indiana during World War II and taught missile instruction in the Air Force.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Elizabeth Jane Thurness, who was one of the inspirations for a character on the television series M*A*S*H.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran O’Neal Gordon Paradis, who served during World War II and in the Korean War before using his GI Bill.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Samuel E. Via, who served as an aeromedical evacuation technician during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.