world war ii

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Orville Joseph Jackson, captured and held as a prisoner of war during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Edgar L. Van Nuis, who fought in the Battle of the Bulge and endured nearly four months as a prisoner of war.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Force Veteran Leo Agers, who served at an air base in New Guinea and managed plane refueling during WWII.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Everette R. Johnson, who served aboard supply ships in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Louis D. Brinner, who served as a rifleman in Europe during WWII and turns 100 Nov. 22.

Ira Hayes was a Pima Indian Marine and one of the last surviving members of the Iwo Jima flag raising in World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Boris A. Stern, who served during World War II in Germany, Belgium, France, England and Luxembourg.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Fred Osborn, who served during the battles of Tarawa, Mare and Iwo Jima during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Harold Conan Hammil, who served in North Africa from 1943-1945 during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran William H. Hall, Jr., who landed on Utah Beach during D-Day and later fought at the Battle of the Bulge.

Track star Louis Zamperini served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II and suffered as a prisoner of war in Japan under the “The Bird.”

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Force Veteran Francis W. Flynn, who served as a bomber pilot and was a POW during World War II.