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  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jason Dickerson

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jason Dickerson

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Jason Dickerson, who served as a combat medic during the Iraq War.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Dagmar Torres

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Dagmar Torres

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Dagmar Torres, who served for 24 years and received a NATO medal.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Elvin Benton

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Elvin Benton

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Elvin Benton, who served as a medic during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jimmie Kanaya

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jimmie Kanaya

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Jimmie Kanaya. Kanaya served as a medic during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

  • America250: Army Veteran James Okubo

    America250: Army Veteran James Okubo

    This week’s America250 salute is Army Veteran James Okubo, who posthumously received a Medal of Honor for his actions during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Keith Allen Campbell

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Keith Allen Campbell

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Keith Allen Campbell, who was killed in action as he was saving the life of a wounded soldier.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Allen K. Hoe

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Allen K. Hoe

    During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Allen K. Hoe, a combat medic during the Vietnam War.

  • SkillBridge program prepares medics, corpsmen for VA careers

    SkillBridge program prepares medics, corpsmen for VA careers

    David Renfro of the VA Palo Alto Health Care System discusses how military medics and corpsmen can complete residencies at VA through SkillBridge.

  • VA and Aunt René team up to care for Air Force Veteran

    VA and Aunt René team up to care for Air Force Veteran

    Native American Air Force Veteran has extremely rare immunodeficiency disorder. She was “picking out colors for her coffin” when her aunt and VA intervened. “They have all the things I need.”

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Vito Monteleone

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Vito Monteleone

    Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Vito Monteleone, who marched down the Champs Élysées in the Victory Day parade Aug. 29, 1944, in Paris, France.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Manuel Sagen

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Manuel Sagen

    Manuel Sagen was awarded the Purple Heart after he was wounded three times. The wounds were caused by shrapnel to the head, eye, and knee.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Joseph Edward Brown

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Joseph Edward Brown

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Joseph Edward Brown. Joseph served for 3 months in 1945 during World War II and 1950 to 1957 during the Korean War.

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