world war ii

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran David W. Stoddard, who served as an aircraft mechanic during World War II.

Al Ungerleider, an Army lieutenant in World War II, took part in the assault to liberate the Dora-Mittlebau concentration camp in Germany on April 11, 1945.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Daniel Wyatt Heatherington, Jr., who worked as a weather observer during World War II.

Irvin Scott, a Marine Corps private first class in World War II, was imprisoned by the Japanese for more than three years. He survived the infamous Bataan Death March, one of the greatest war-time atrocities, and was liberated in 1945.

On his 100th birthday, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy and Air Force Veteran William McDearman, who served on the USS Medusa and Indiana during World War II and taught missile instruction in the Air Force.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Joseph M. Jackson, who served during World War II and flew 33 combat missions over Germany.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Elizabeth Jane Thurness, who was one of the inspirations for a character on the television series M*A*S*H.

On National Medal of Honor Day, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Charles Coolidge, one of two living Medal of Honor recipients from World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Iris Cummings Critchell, who served in as a Women Airforce Service Pilot during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Bernadette “Bernie” Bachman, who served in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Edwin Kelmel, who helped capture a bridge across the Rhine River during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Violet Clara Thurn Cowden, who served as a Women Airforce Service Pilot during World War II.