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Bradley Nay led during five major operations while stationed in Vietnam. He served with Company A, First Battalion, 1st Marines, First Marine Division.

After returning home following World War II, Joseph Acevedo became a United States citizen. He recalled this day as one of the happiest of his life.

In January 1955, Virginia Edds Defourneweaux was deployed to Camp Gifu, Japan, where she was a nurse for the Air Force and the Marines.

Patrick is 5th generation Navy and the God-son of WWII hero and longest serving Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Arleigh A. Burke.

Wayne Walker served in many leadership positions around the globe and ended his service as the task force Vanguard Command Sergeant Major in Afghanistan.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Ralph Joseph Cavalieri. Ralph joined the Army in 1942 and served during World War II.

Along with being awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart during Vietnam, Chuck Choney also earned honorary title of Numu Pukutsi.

Stan McClure served with the 4th Infantry Division at Camp Enari near Pleiku, Vietnam. He is now a member of the Pat Hannon VFW Post 4666 in Littleton, CO.

Claire VanLandignam was commissioned a Navy Dental Corps officer in 2013 and graduated from the University of Louisville School of Dentistry in early 2017.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is U.S. Air Force Veteran Agnes Helen Gomez Patterson. Agnes served during the Cold War from 1950 to 1952.

Marine Corps and Persian Gulf War Veteran Randy Hebert’s motto for life is, “God made me a Marine: motivated and mentally tough.”

Marine Corps Veteran Kathy Miller served as a jet engine mechanic from 1978 to 1982.