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  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Nora Wingfield Tyson

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Nora Wingfield Tyson

    During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Nora Wingfield Tyson, the first woman carrier strike group commander.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Virginia Lee Dornheggen

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Virginia Lee Dornheggen

    During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Virginia Lee Dornheggen, who served as a nurse during the Vietnam War.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Julia Catherine Stimson

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Julia Catherine Stimson

    During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Julia Catherine Stimson, a superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Florence A. Blanchfield

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Florence A. Blanchfield

    During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Florence A. Blanchfield, a superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps.

  • America250: Air Force Veteran Esther Blake

    America250: Air Force Veteran Esther Blake

    This week’s America250 salute is Air Force Veteran Esther Blake, who was the first woman in the Air Force July 8, 1948.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Mary Rasmuson

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Mary Rasmuson

    During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Mary Rasmuson, the fifth director of the Women’s Army Corps.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Barbara Allen Rainey

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Barbara Allen Rainey

    During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Barbara Allen Rainey, the first woman pilot in the service's history.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jessica Ellis

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jessica Ellis

    During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Jessica Ellis, who was killed in action in Iraq.

  • America250: Marine Corps Veteran Katherine A. Towle

    America250: Marine Corps Veteran Katherine A. Towle

    This week’s America250 salute is Marine Corps Veteran Katherine A. Towle, first director of Women Marines and the second director of the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Phyllis Mae Dailey

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Phyllis Mae Dailey

    On International Women's Day, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Phyllis Mae Dailey, the first African American Navy Nurse Corps member.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Rachel Bosveld

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Rachel Bosveld

    During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Rachel Bosveld, who was killed in action in Iraq in 2003.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Jacqueline Cochran

    #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Jacqueline Cochran

    During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Jacqueline Cochran, a supervisory pilot during World War II.

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