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  • #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 Army Veteran LeRoy Alexander

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran LeRoy Alexander

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran LeRoy Alexander, a combat engineer who served in Operation Enduring Freedom.

  • #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 Navy Veteran James “Mike” Swink

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran James “Mike” Swink

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran James “Mike” Swink, who was killed in action while serving in Afghanistan.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Andrew Pedersen-Keel

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Andrew Pedersen-Keel

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Andrew Pedersen-Keel, who was killed in March 2013 while serving in Afghanistan.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Ricardo Sanchez

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Ricardo Sanchez

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Ricardo Sanchez, who served as director of operations, U.S. Army Europe, and led the 1st Armored Division at the start of the Iraq War.

  • #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 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 Army Veteran Derek Holland

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Derek Holland

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Derek Holland, who was killed while serving in Afghanistan.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Jordan Haerter

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Jordan Haerter

    Today’s #VeteranofTheDay is Marine Veteran Jordan Haerter, who died from a suicide bomb blast while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marines Veteran Nathan Elrod

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marines Veteran Nathan Elrod

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Nathan Elrod, who died from an IED attack in Iraq.

  • VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Kyle Gilbert

    VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Kyle Gilbert

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Kyle Gilbert, who was killed while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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