purple heart

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Maximino Hernandez, who served as an infantryman gunner during World War II and received a Purple Heart.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Tyler Trahan, killed in action while serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Larry B. Earl, who served as a mine sweeper during the Vietnam War, receiving a Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Joseph Vittori, who received a Medal of Honor for hand-to-hand combat during the Korean War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Thomas Zayas, who received a Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal during the Korean War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Michael Buras, who served three deployments in Afghanistan from 2006-2010 and was killed in action.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Force Veteran Francis W. Flynn, who served as a bomber pilot and was a POW during World War II.

Starting Jan. 1, service-connected Veterans, Purple Heart recipients, former prisoners of war (POW), and primary caregivers can use commissaries, exchanges, and morale, welfare and recreation (MWR) retail facilities, in-person and online.

When families of a deceased Veteran start planning burials at Quantico National Cemetery in Virginia, one of the program support assistants they may meet is a Veteran who chose to work for VA to serve fellow Veterans. Damion Jacobs enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1993. His assignments included Camp Pendleton, California, where he deployed three times, including to shut down humanitarian operations in Mogadishu, Somalia. Jacobs also spent a year protecting the fence line at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as an instructor at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California, and deployed to Iraq as an augmentee for the initial invasion in 2003. After his instructor assignment, Jacobs went back to Camp Pendleton, where he deployed twice. During his second deployment in 2006, an improvised explosive device detonated near Jacobs. He lost his leg below the knee.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Benjamin F. Daniels, who received a Bronze Star and Purple Heart during the Vietnam War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Ned Schultz, who earned a Purple Heart and was a prisoner of war during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Reserve Veteran Ronald J. Vauk, who was killed during the attack on the Pentagon Sept. 11, 2001.