Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Bernard Oliver Scott, who served on the U.S.S. Oklahoma in the 1940s.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy and Coast Guard Veteran Joseph B. Avilés Sr., the first Hispanic-American promoted to chief petty officer and later to chief warrant officer.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Kermit Beahan, the bombardier who loaded "Fat Man" onto the B-29 Superfortress Bockscar.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Coast Guard Veteran Edgar York, who served in Puerto Rico in the 1940s.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran William Thompson, who received a posthumous Medal of Honor for service in the Korean War.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Ralph Rodriguez Jr., who served in the Pacific during WWII and survived the Bataan Death March.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran John N. Reese, Jr., who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in World War II.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Korean War Veteran Ryan A. Bressler.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Thomas Daniel Saunders, whose service in WWI earned him the Distinguished Service Cross and the French Croix de Guerre.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Paul Jasper Turner, who served in WWII.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Charles Under Baggage, Jr., who served in WWII.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran William L. Sandoval, who fought and died in WWII.
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