Senator John McCain lived a life of patriotism through public and military service as a Navy Veteran, US Representative and Senator.
Stanley Nelson endured difficult conditions while held prisoner and was left to die. American forces found him and evacuated him for medical treatment.
The Army initially declined Young-Oak Kim's voluntary enlistment, but later drafted him in January 1941. He was assigned to 442nd Brigade Combat Team.
He passed away in 1998. Today, Garlin Conner was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Houssen, France.
Joe Lopez first assignment was with the 21st Infantry Brigade, 24th Infantry Division in Germany he was reassigned to the 327th Airborne Infantry.
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.
Pat served in the Army as a long-range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) ranger. Pat was awarded the Silver Star and a Purple Heart.
In the Korean War, Kurt Chew Een Lee led 500 troops through a blizzard in below-zero temperatures in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
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.
Father Aloysius H. Schmitt was a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, who served as a chaplain in the United States Navy at the beginning of World War II.
Stethers entered the Army in 1944. Stethers, a Purple Heart recipient, earned a American Theater Service Medal & European-African-Middle Eastern Meal