pacific theater

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Esther Jane McNeil, who served as a nurse in the Pacific theater during World War II and in the Korean War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Lee Laz, who served as a bomber pilot in the Pacific Theater and received a Navy Cross during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran John Olexa, who served aboard USS Boise in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran John Lyman Hall, who served as a Seabee in the Pacific theater during World War II.

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.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Sidney Silvers, who served as a radar specialist in the Pacific theater during World War II.

On his 101st birthday, today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Jesus Holguin, who served in the Pacific theater during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Richard Sherman, who flew a B-25 Mitchell with the Flying Tigers in China during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Howard Catton Gilbert, who served in the Naval Armed Guard and on a liberty ship during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Charles Bazoian, who served at multiple places in the Pacific theater during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Alexander Ewanchuk, who served in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II and retired after 20 years.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Antonio Reyna, who served during World War II and survived the Bataan Death March.