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Joe Lopez first assignment was with the 21st Infantry Brigade, 24th Infantry Division in Germany he was reassigned to the 327th Airborne Infantry.

Samuel Tom Holiday went on to join the group of Navajo Code Talkers who used a communication code enemies could not decipher.

Perry was from Dodson, Louisiana and joined the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. Perry was killed in action in Vietnam, on his birthday, April 26, 1967.

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.