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Tamara Archuleta was co-pilot of Komodo 11 during a mission in Afghanistan. The helicopter crashed, killing her and the five other airmen on board.

Earl McClung was one of the original members of ‘Easy’ Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Regiment, of the 101st Airborne Division.

Elvis Mason's unit engaged in combat for 100 consecutive days and moved through France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and Holland to push the Germans back.

When Sibby LeBeau joined the Navy, he became a code talker, using Native American languages to transfer information among the Allied powers.

Ross Calvert lost about 40 pounds by the time the Germans found him. After interrogation, he was taken to a flea-infested Prisoner of War camp, Stalag 7A.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran John Walter MacIndoe. John served from 1942 to 1972 during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

The Japanese forced William Allen and the American soldiers to walk more than 60 miles in ten days from the Bataan Peninsula to the O’Donnell prison camp.

Edwin Wilber deployed twice to Korea during 1951. He deployed in support of Operation Thunderbolt and was wounded on Jan. 25, 1951.

Pat served in the Army as a long-range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) ranger. Pat was awarded the Silver Star and a Purple Heart.

John Francavilla was killed in action from hostile artillery while serving as a rifleman in Quang Tri, South Vietnam on April 9th, 1968.

Michael Healy served in Korea leading Army Airborne Rangers and in Vietnam leading Special Forces in combat. His five tours of duty in Vietnam earned him the nickname “Iron Mike.”

Bismark Myrick was appointed as the ambassador to Lesotho until 1998 and then the ambassador to Liberia until he retired from the Foreign Service.