Normandy

“Take your mess and make it your message.” This adage resonates deeply with my experience growing up as the daughter of one of America's Veterans, a World War II father who suffered from PTSD.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Omar Bradley. 75 years ago today, he was appointed the Army Chief of Staff.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran George Ciampa, who served by registering and burying the bodies of slain Allied and German troops in World War II.

Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Robert Fischman, who served in World War II and aided in the recovery of wounded American troops during the invasion of Normandy.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Medgar Evers, who was a prominent civil rights leader motivated by his military service to abolish racial discrimination.

This week’s America250 salute is Army Air Forces Veteran Leonard Zerlin, a turret gunner on D-Day who received a Silver Star.

Gulf Coast VA honors Dayton Shell, held as a POW after his unit was forced to surrender to German forces in France in 1944.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Louis C. Graziano, who was part of the third wave of landings in Normandy during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Guy Whidden, who served as a paratrooper during the Normandy landings.

It’s been 77 years and Johnnie Jones still sees the [...]

On the D-Day anniversary, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Raymond Lambert, who landed on Omaha Beach during the Normandy invasion.

A VA employee’s emotional tribute to “Uncle Lefty,” who fought across Europe and later pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers. “We had a job to do and we did it. I’m proud of what we did. I’d do it again.”