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Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran O’Neal Gordon Paradis, who served during World War II and in the Korean War before using his GI Bill.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Whetsel M. Stump. Stump served as a Seabee in Alaska, Saipan and Okinawa during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Audrae Gandreau who served in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II from 1945 to 1947.

Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Bea Arthur, who enlisted as one of the first members of the Women's Reserve and later starred in Golden Girls.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Frances E. Thorpe, who was one of the first African American women commissioned as an officer.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Coast Guard Veteran Ernest T. Maxey, who served during World War II and retired in 1983 from the Reserve.

Air Force Veteran Charles E. Yeager served in World War II and the Vietnam War. Yeager became the first man to break the sound barrier on Oct. 14, 1947, flying the experimental Bell X-1.

On the anniversary of the flag raising on Iwo Jima, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Donald E. Longfellow, who fought in the battle.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Gordon Giffels, who deployed with the first group of Marine Raiders during World War II.

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

On the anniversary of the start of the Battle of Kasserine Pass, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Charles E. Ahring, who was wounded in the battle.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army and Air Force Veteran Walter A. Pike, who served as part of the Army Third Infantry Division during World War II.