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Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Norman Kleiss, who served as a dive bomber pilot during the Battle of Midway.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Forrest Fenn, who served as a pilot during the Vietnam War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Walter “Wally” Schirra Jr., who served as a Navy pilot during World War II and the Korean War before becoming a NASA astronaut.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran George B. McMillan, who was a fighter pilot during World War II and served with the 1st American Volunteer Group.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Ralph Parr, who served as a fighter pilot in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Karol J. Bobko, who served as a fighter pilot before becoming a NASA astronaut.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is decorated Fighter Pilot Rear Adm. Eugene “Gene” George Fairfax, who served in World War II and Vietnam.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Robert M. White, the first pilot of a winged aircraft to fly into space, becoming the first winged astronaut in 1962.

This week’s America250 salute is Navy Veteran Sunita Williams, who served as a Gulf War helicopter pilot before becoming a NASA astronaut.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Lofton Henderson. Henderson served as a pilot during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Merryl Tengesdal, whose accomplishments include becoming the first and only black female U-2 Dragon Lady pilot.

During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Barbara Allen Rainey, the first woman pilot in the service's history.