Veteran of the Day

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Virginia Jenness Millett Apocada, who served in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service during WWII.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Jack Hutton, who earned a Combat Infantryman Badge serving with Military Assistance Command-Vietnam.

In honor of the VFW’s 120th birthday, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Christopher Blevins, a VFW Unmet Needs recipient.

Marine Staff Sergeant Benjamin S. Hines served in Iraq and Afghanistan and earned more than a dozen awards and decorations during his service.

On the Disabled American Veterans birthday, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Stephen “Butch” Whitehead, who serves as the national commander.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Michael Mendenhall, who served as a hospital corpsman assigned with Marines from 1997-2005.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Kevin Schmiegel, who continues to serve others through organizations like Operation Gratitude.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Norman W. Jolin, who served in the Patriot Missile Battalion and is hiking the Appalachian Trail to honor Veterans.

Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Ralph Pyle, who photographed significant moments during the Korean War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Patricia J. McIntire. Patricia served from 1949 to 1952 and 1953 to 1954.

Dorothy Hill was in the Marine Corps, stationed in North Carolina during World War II.

Edward Wallace Hopkins was a machine gunner in World War II and helped clean up a concentration camp after it had been liberated.