world war ii

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Lee Laz, who served as a bomber pilot in the Pacific Theater and received a Navy Cross during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Joel R. Barton Jr., who served during World War II as a flight instructor.

During National Native American Heritage Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Pascal Poolaw Sr., who served during WWII, Korea and Vietnam.

World War II Veteran Isabelle Cook witnessed the comings and goings of thousands of soldiers as a nurse, inspiring her to write her book “In Times of War.”

On the anniversary of his birthday, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Charles Schulz, who served during WWII and created the comic strip “Peanuts.”

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Leoma Benjiman Blackmon, who served at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked Dec. 7, 1941.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Robert Balfour, who served as a communications officer in the Pacific during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Alvin K. Dickson, who helped rescue a trapped infantry unit during the Battle of the Bulge.

Joe Vandever was drafted into the Marine Corps to serve as a Navajo Code Talker during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Coast Guard Veteran Shirley H. Reagor, who served during World War II as part of Women's Reserve, also known as the SPARs.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran George John Laben, who served as a pilot in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II.

He has also written a book of poems, one of which he recited during a recent ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of V.J. Day, the Japanese surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, that ended World War II. Speaking by Zoom to “Friends of the National World War II Memorial,” Levy recognized the significance of that day: