Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran James Richard Hendrix. Hendrix served as an infantryman during World War II and paratrooper during the Korean War.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Elsie Chin Yuen Seetoo, who served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Archie Van Winkle, who served in World War II and the Korean War and earned a Congressional Medal of Honor.
Bill Blass was a world-renowned fashion designer who put his career on hold to join the Ghost Army during WWII.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Raymond A. Spruance, who served in World War II and was one of the naval commanders during the Battle of Midway.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Donald D. Pucket, who served as a B-24 bomber pilot during WWII and posthumous Medal of Honor recipient.
Navy Veteran John Thach served in World War II and the Korean War. He invented the Thach Weave and Big Blue Blanket Defense.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Marcario García. García served as an infantryman during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Bruce Avery Van Voorhis. Van Voorhis served as an aviator during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Horacio Rivero Jr. Rivero served in World War II and Korea, later working in administrative positions in Washington.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Barney F. Hajiro. Denied a Medal of Honor for his service during World War II, He received it 56 years later.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Burgess Meredith, who found fame as an actor known as a Batman villain.
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