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Absalom Kelly enlisted in the Army Air Forces in 1942. He completed basic training in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and went on to aerial gunner training.

Arnold Ragains was drafted in 1943 and sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis, Indiana. At first, he was assigned to the 97th Infantry Division.

Senator John McCain lived a life of patriotism through public and military service as a Navy Veteran, US Representative and Senator.

Roger Ingvalson landed in North Vietnam and was taken as a prisoner of war. On his first day, he was publicly beaten and taken into an underground prison.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Ellwood Lee Frum. Ellwood served during World War II from 1942 to 1945.

Julius Siefring left the Army in 1945 with three Bronze Stars. He returned to Ohio and worked as a school bus driver for 43 years while raising his family.

Richard Hackney's aircraft was shot down by German forces. He jumped from the aircraft and deployed his parachute but badly twisted his ankle upon landing.

David Markey served as a team leader for Alpha Company, 1-24 Infantry Battalion, 25th Infantry Division in Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

One of Kendall Fielder's biggest accomplishments was assisting in the formation of a Japanese-American combat battalion called the 100th Battalion

Joe Lopez first assignment was with the 21st Infantry Brigade, 24th Infantry Division in Germany he was reassigned to the 327th Airborne Infantry.

Mahdi militia was attempting take over a town, so Luis Almaguer and his unit were working to aid the Governor of Najafn in recovering & rebuilding the town.

Spiro Cappony was sent to Istanbul and partook in several undercover intelligence operations to discover and stop Turkey’s ore shipments to Germany.