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  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Gregory Rund

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Gregory Rund

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Gregory Rund, who survived the 1999 Columbine School shooting but was killed in 2004 in Al Anbar Province. He is buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Justin Ramirez

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Justin Ramirez

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps and Iraq War Veteran Justin Ramirez.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Ken Norton

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Ken Norton

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Ken Norton, who won the All-Marine Heavyweight Championship three times, was a WBC champion and famously broke Muhammad Ali’s jaw.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Stephen Kupryk

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Stephen Kupryk

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Stephen Kupryk, a former machine gunner who deployed twice to Afghanistan, transitioned into pro wrestling, and became Impact Heavyweight Champion.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine and Army Veteran Jim Hill

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine and Army Veteran Jim Hill

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine and Army Veteran Jim Hill, who served in Vietnam and Iraq Wars with the Marine Corps and Army Reserve.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Jonathan Yale

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Jonathan Yale

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Jonathan Yale, who died saving Marines and Iraqi Policemen from a suicide bomb blast.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Thomas Dudley

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Thomas Dudley

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Thomas Dudley, who was killed in action three weeks before the end of his sixth deployment.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Frank Tharin

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Frank Tharin

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Frank Tharin, a naval aviator who was captured at the Battle for Wake Island and went on to command many Marine Corps air bases.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Jerome Mapp

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Jerome Mapp

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is retired Navy Veteran Jerome Mapp, who survived the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon and served as a Public Affairs Specialist in the Navy and Marines.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine and Navy Veteran Gene Tunney

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine and Navy Veteran Gene Tunney

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Gene Tunney, who served in both World War I and World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Joel Dameron

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Joel Dameron

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Joel Dameron, who was killed by an improvised explosive device while serving his second tour in Iraq.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran William Ward

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran William Ward

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran William Ward, who served over 15 years in the Marine Corps and is now an avid adaptive athlete.

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