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  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Corps Veteran James A. Humbert

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Corps Veteran James A. Humbert

    Before being drafted into the Army Air Corps 1943, James Humbert was a cadet at the Kentucky Military Institute and spent one semester at the Citadel.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Arthur James Mainzer

    #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Arthur James Mainzer

    Arthur Mainzer arrived in Weimar a few days after the liberation and spent a week there filming and photographing the concentration camp.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Harold R. Peterson

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Harold R. Peterson

    Harold Peterson was deployed to Osaka, Japan as part of a peace force to promote positive relations between the United States and the Japanese people.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Elvis Arthur Mason

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Elvis Arthur Mason

    Elvis Mason's unit engaged in combat for 100 consecutive days and moved through France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and Holland to push the Germans back.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Lesly Johnson

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Lesly Johnson

    Lesly Johnson worked as a Quarter Master and Chemical Equipment Repairer during her service and was stationed with the HHB 4/3 Air Defense Artillery.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran William S. Allen

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran William S. Allen

    The Japanese forced William Allen and the American soldiers to walk more than 60 miles in ten days from the Bataan Peninsula to the O’Donnell prison camp.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Roland L. Richardson

    #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Roland L. Richardson

    Roland Richardson flew 192 combat missions during his tours in the Vietnam War. He served as commander of the 31st Tactical Reconnaissance Training Squadron

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Larry D. Britton

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Larry D. Britton

    Larry Britton deployed to South Korea from 1963 to 1964 for his first tour. He then served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969 with the 189th Infantry Brigade.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Thomas H. Corey

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Thomas H. Corey

    During the Tet Offensive, Thomas Corey was shot in the neck, permanently damaging his spinal cord. He's now a quadriplegic & was medically retired in 1968.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Tristan Gross

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Tristan Gross

    Tristan Gross served as an advisor to the Iraqi Army and as a human resources non-commissioned officer at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Coast Guard Veteran Holly Shaffner

    #VeteranOfTheDay Coast Guard Veteran Holly Shaffner

    Holly Shaffner also served as second-in-command of a 74-person anti-terrorism team that was among first responders after Hurricane Katrina.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Eric Garrison

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Eric Garrison

    Eric Garrison served in Iraqi Surge and Iraqi Sovereignty campaigns where he assisted in over 100 fire missions in support of soldiers in the Baghdad area.

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