world war ii

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Samuel Franklin Hartman, who served in the Pacific during World War II from 1942 to 1945.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Dennis Dean Hatzenbuehler, who served from 1941 to 1970 as a typist, inspector and photographer.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Edward Polski, who served in England, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany in World War II.

Marine Corps Private Giles McCoy survived for nearly four days after he sinking of the USS Indianapolis in the shark-infested Philippine Sea.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Foster E. Looney, who earned a Navy Cross for striking a carrier during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Harry “Bud” Carlsen, who was killed in action on Tarawa during WWII and buried Oct. 13, 2018.

Radio operator and Merchant Marine James Alvin Jolly served for six years in the maritime theater of World War II where he frequently encountered German submarines.

VA North Texas Health Care System patient, James South, loves playing golf and eating chicken fried steak. On October 7th, South enjoyed both of these activities as he celebrated his 100th birthday!

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Joseph C. Hecht, who served in a glider infantry regiment in the Netherlands during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Phyllis M. Gervais who served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II and the Korean War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Kenneth Joseph McBride, who served during World War II from 1941 to 1945.

General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the oldest man and the only general to participate in the first wave of landings on D-Day.