world war ii

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army World War II Veteran Althea Prexeda Semanchik Turlington. Althea passed away in 1996. We honor her service.

Air Force World War II Veteran William Jones received his medals about 70 years after the war ended.

WAC Veteran Gordena Lane served as a Surgical Technician from 1945-1946.

Army Air Corps Veteran Van Domineck fought on the front lines in World War II. He believes the service made him a better human being.

Army World War II Veteran Ramon G. Gutierrez was awarded the Silver Star for his gallantry in combat.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Women’s Army Corps Veteran Mabel Kauffman. Mabel served during World War II. When she turned 20, she signed up to be a part of the Women’s Army Corps. Mabel worked in a dental clinic during the war.

Army Veteran Joseph DeLuca and his unit walked over 500 miles carrying weapons and a full pack weighing over 80 pounds during WWII.

Army Veteran Jose A. Cuellar was a professional boxer before earning Bronze and Silver Stars during WWII.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Ted Porretti. Ted served during World War II. Ted was born in 1917 and grew up in Waltham, Massachusetts. He was working for the government in Cape Cod, but when World War II broke out, he was transferred to Trinidad and Tobago. There, Ted oversaw the construction of airplane runways for the war effort. He hired and paid Trinidadian natives to build the airplane runways to support Allied planes flying from Trinidad and Tobago to North Africa.

Basil was sent to gunnery school and then joined a bombing crew flying out of Framlingham, England, as a waist gunner. From Aug. 1943 to June 5, 1944 Basil had flown 119 combat missions over Europe.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is U.S. Army Air Forces Veteran Edwin Vance […]

After taking his boot training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Guy was assigned to Trinidad. While a brand new destroyer was visiting his station in Trinidad, Guy traded duties with a sailor and became a machinist mate second class.