Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Gil Hodges. Hodges served in the invasion of Okinawa and worked in intelligence operations during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Fitzroy “Buck” Newsum, who served with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and the Korean War.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Richard O’Kane, who served as a submarine commander and received a Medal of Honor during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran James E. Webb, second administrator of NASA and the namesake of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps and Marine Corps Veteran Morgan Vaux, who served as a radio operator and mechanic during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Edward J. Tipper Jr., a paratrooper and a member of the “Band of Brothers” during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Fred F. Ohr, who is believed to be the only World War II flying ace of Asian descent.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Slade Deville Cutter, who commanded the submarine USS Seahorse during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is U.S. Army Air Corps Veteran Robert Holts, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is decorated Fighter Pilot Rear Adm. Eugene “Gene” George Fairfax, who served in World War II and Vietnam.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Robert William Patterson. Patterson served as a rifleman during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Arthur Van Haren Jr., who fought as an ace fighter pilot during World War II.
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