Ralph Hagihara served with 3rd Special Forces Group from 1962 to 1965 with a tour in Vietnam. Ralph passed away on Memorial Day. We honor his service.
Thomas Tafoya served abroad in Utapao, Thailand, with a unit providing strategic air command support for B-52s and KC main airplanes.
According to VA regulation and VHA policy, service dogs may visit or stay with inpatients if it is approved by the handler’s care providers and must be documented as part of the handler’s treatment plan.
Ross Kirk wore the Green Beret on active duty for nine years and is nicknamed the “Leapin’ Deacon” due to his 225 military jumps, including 50 HALO jumps.
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.
Roland Richardson flew 192 combat missions during his tours in the Vietnam War. He served as commander of the 31st Tactical Reconnaissance Training Squadron
Larry Britton deployed to South Korea from 1963 to 1964 for his first tour. He then served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969 with the 189th Infantry Brigade.
Willard Knockum served on the destroyer USS Fox 779 before he deployed to Vietnam in 1969 during the Vietnam War where he served in Saigon and Dong Tam.
VA’s Office of Research and Development has a new series: “VA Researchers Who Served.” The profiles explain the critical work VA researchers do for Veterans and recognize their military service.
During the Tet Offensive, Thomas Corey was shot in the neck, permanently damaging his spinal cord. He's now a quadriplegic & was medically retired in 1968.
Mike Cowger served as an aircraft mechanic in many locations including Thailand, the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Guam and Vietnam.
Leslie Franklin served from during the Vietnam War. He received a life-saving liver transplant at the Portland, Oregon, VA Medical Center in April 2008.