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  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Arthur G. Anderson

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Arthur G. Anderson

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Arthur Grant Anderson, who worked on the first-ever color transmission of a news photograph by radio signal.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Kathryn Cruise and Army Air Forces Veteran James Cruise

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Kathryn Cruise and Army Air Forces Veteran James Cruise

    Today is a special double #VeteranOfTheDay post for Navy Veteran Kathryn Cruise and Army Air Force Veteran James Cruise, who served during World War II.

  • Ceremony honors Battle of Iwo Jima Veterans

    Ceremony honors Battle of Iwo Jima Veterans

    The Friends of the National World War II Memorial honored Veterans from the Battle of Iwo Jima during a 75th anniversary commemoration Feb. 19.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Richard J. Whalen

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Richard J. Whalen

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Richard J. Whalen, who fought in the Allied invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Gordon Earl Bentley

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Gordon Earl Bentley

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Gordon Earl Bentley, who served as an FM-2 Wildcat pilot during WWII and received a Distinguished Flying Cross.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Walter C. Brun

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Walter C. Brun

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Walter C. Brun, who served in the Philippines during World War II and received a Bronze Star Medal.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Corps Veteran Stuart Felton

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Corps Veteran Stuart Felton

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Stuart Felton, who flew as a navigator aboard B-17s and B-24s during World War II.

  • Hispanic American Veterans honored during heritage month

    Hispanic American Veterans honored during heritage month

    National Hispanic American Heritage Month honors and remembers all the [...]

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Women Airforce Service Pilots Veteran Mildred Darlene “Micky” Tuttle Axton

    #VeteranOfTheDay Women Airforce Service Pilots Veteran Mildred Darlene “Micky” Tuttle Axton

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Women Airforce Service Pilots Veteran Mildred Darlene “Micky” Tuttle Axton, who served during World War II.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran John Edgar Keogh

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran John Edgar Keogh

    Army Veteran, John Edgar Keogh served during WWII and the Korean War. John was a gunner on a 37mm cannon and also worked in intelligence.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay The Greatest Generation

    #VeteranOfTheDay The Greatest Generation

    In honor of the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, today's #VeteranOfTheDay will highlight some of the stories of the amazing Veterans who were there.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Thomas Dailey

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Thomas Dailey

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran, Thomas Dailey. Tech Sergeant Thomas Walter Dailey passed away on February 13, 2019 at age 100.

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