world war ii

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran John William Boehne III, who served with the Amphibious Corps ferrying soldiers to Normandy during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran George R. Scanlon, who served during World War II and fought in Operation Torch in Morocco and Algeria.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Harold Alec Daniels, who served as a support soldier in World War II, specializing in utilities repair.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Alfred Eiken who served as a bombardier during World War II and died in a flight accident.

Daniel K. Inouye served during World War II in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. During an attack on a German ridge in San Terenzo, Italy, Inouye was badly injured and lost his right arm to a rifle grenade attack. He later received the Medal of Honor for his actions in Italy. After the war, he became a lawyer and was active in Hawaiian politics. He became Hawaii’s first representative to the House and then a U.S. senator.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Art Wong, who was captured as a prisoner of war during a mission in Germany.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Samuel Lionel Boylston who served during World War II from 1943 to 1945.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran John Mell Herring, who served in the during World War II and fought at the Battle of Attu May 11, 1943.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Thomas A. Graven, who served during World War II with the 492nd Bomb Group.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Vaughn A. Johnson, who served as a telephone communications specialist during World War II from 1942 to 1945.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Alexander Ewanchuk, who served in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II and retired after 20 years.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran James R. Tipton, who was captured and held as a prisoner of war for 13 months during World War II.