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  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Bruce Avery Van Voorhis

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Bruce Avery Van Voorhis

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Bruce Avery Van Voorhis. Van Voorhis served as an aviator during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Katherine Leahy

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Katherine Leahy

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Katherine V. Leahy, who served as a nurse in the Pacific theater in World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Ralph Whitlock

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Ralph Whitlock

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Ralph Whitlock, who served in the Pacific during World War II and in the Korean War.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Louis Levi Oakes

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Louis Levi Oakes

    During Native American Heritage Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Louis Levi Oakes, a Code Talker during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran John Aleman

    #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran John Aleman

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran John Aleman, who served as a courier in Asia during the Vietnam War.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Robert Kirkham

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Robert Kirkham

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Robert Kirkham, who served in aviation in the Pacific during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Forces Veteran Gerald F. Martin

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Forces Veteran Gerald F. Martin

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Gerald F. Martin, who served on reconnaissance and mapping teams in the Pacific during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Matthew Marek

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Matthew Marek

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Matthew Marek, who served in the Luzon Campaign in the Pacific during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Murrell Hooper

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Murrell Hooper

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Murrell Hooper, who served as a pharmacist’s mate in the Pacific during World War II from 1943 to 1946.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Mark William Taylor

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Mark William Taylor

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Mark William Taylor, who served as a fire controlman aboard a destroyer in the Pacific during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Ken Casanega

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Ken Casanega

    On his 100th birthday, today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Ken Casanega, who turned down an NFL offer to become an aviator during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Robert E. Andermann

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Robert E. Andermann

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Robert E. Andermann, who served aboard USS New Orleans in the Pacific during World War II.

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