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  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Neil C. Roberts

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Neil C. Roberts

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Neil C. Roberts, a member of SEAL Team Six and the first casualty of Operation Anaconda.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jack Zimmerman

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jack Zimmerman

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Jack Zimmerman, who served with the 101st Airborne Division as an airborne infantryman in Afghanistan.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Leo J. Kuefler

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Leo J. Kuefler

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Leo J. Kuefler, who served during World War II from 1942-1946 and landed at Normandy.

  • Breaking Barriers: Chuck Yeager

    Breaking Barriers: Chuck Yeager

    Air Force Veteran Charles E. Yeager served in World War II and the Vietnam War. Yeager became the first man to break the sound barrier on Oct. 14, 1947, flying the experimental Bell X-1.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran James Milton Matthews

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran James Milton Matthews

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran James Milton Mathews, who served with the 101st Airborne Division during Vietnam.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Charles E. Ahring

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Charles E. Ahring

    On the anniversary of the start of the Battle of Kasserine Pass, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Charles E. Ahring, who was wounded in the battle.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Arnold Myers

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Arnold Myers

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Arnold Myers who fought in Germany and received a Purple Heart during World War II.

  • Apples, Family and Humility: Don Van Elzen

    Apples, Family and Humility: Don Van Elzen

    Korean War Veteran and Purple Heart recipient Don Van Elzen finds happiness in eating apples, spending time with family and serving his country.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Roy N. Scow

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Roy N. Scow

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Roy N. Scow, who earned a Silver Star while serving in the infantry during World War I.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran John J. Stanton

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran John J. Stanton

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran John J. Stanton, who received a Silver Star and Purple Heart during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Donald Richard Peppard

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Donald Richard Peppard

    On the anniversary of the USS Pueblo incident, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Donald Richard Peppard, who served aboard the ship.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Benjamin Alvarado

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Benjamin Alvarado

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Benjamin Alvarado, who served from 1943-1945 as an infantryman for General George S. Patton’s Third Army.

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