Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Lloyd E. Karch, who earned a Navy Cross for his actions during the Battle for Leyte Gulf Oct. 24, 1944.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Kurt Chew-Een Lee, who received a Navy Cross and Silver Star during the Korean War.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Foster E. Looney, who earned a Navy Cross for striking a carrier during World War II.
In the Korean War, Kurt Chew Een Lee led 500 troops through a blizzard in below-zero temperatures in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
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