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  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Roland Granville Downing

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Roland Granville Downing

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Roland Granville Downing, who served on the USS Latimer during the Korean War.

  • Chats with the Chief: South Texas Director Chris Sandles on VA’s fastest growing HCS

    Chats with the Chief: South Texas Director Chris Sandles on VA’s fastest growing HCS

    Jon Jensen, VHA Chief of Staff, talks with Chris Sandles, director of the South Texas VA Healthcare System. He manages the fastest growing VA health care system in the country.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Ruth Drover Burnham

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Ruth Drover Burnham

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Ruth Drover Burnham, who turns 100 years old March 29 and served in the Reserve during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Linda Sawvell

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Linda Sawvell

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Linda Sawvell, who served 31 years in the Reserve and deployed for a year to Afghanistan.

  • Paul Kennedy: All Hell Broke Loose

    Paul Kennedy: All Hell Broke Loose

    Signalman First Class Paul Kennedy was serving deck duty on the USS Sacramento in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. After the bombings, Kennedy served on the USS Poole and helped escort landing craft crossing the English Channel into Normandy on D-Day.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Mitchell Harris

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Mitchell Harris

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Mitchell Harris, who served three overseas tours and went on to play professional baseball.

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