Veteran

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Fred Osborn, who served during the battles of Tarawa, Mare and Iwo Jima during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Harold Conan Hammil, who served in North Africa from 1943-1945 during World War II.

For 39 years, not a single soul knew of her secret. Finally, free to be who she has always longed to be, Army Veteran Francis Garcia is now able to express her true and pure self. “Since I was very young, I had no idea what being transgender was, all I know is I would go to bed and ask God – God wake me up as a girl," Garcia said. "I would pray and pray and wake up each time as not a girl."

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran William H. Hall, Jr., who landed on Utah Beach during D-Day and later fought at the Battle of the Bulge.

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.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Dorothy “Dottie” Lee Smith Clark, who served as a nurse helping wounded service members during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Joseph M. Halicek, who fought in battles around the Ardennes during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Alonza M. Russell, who served in Saipan, the Soloman Islands and Okinawa during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Laura Mae Cobb, who was a member of the Nurse Corps during World War I and World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran William D. Roxlo, who served in the Pacific during World War II from 1943 to 1945.

November is Native American Heritage Month. In honor of Native American Veterans, today’s Veteran of the Day is Tecumseh Nathaniel Underwood, who grew up in a large family in the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma.