WWII

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Force Veteran Fred G. Holden, who served as a B-24 engineer and gunner during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Marion Enright Bench, one of the first women activated for the WAVES program throughout World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Norman Kleiss, who served as a dive bomber pilot during the Battle of Midway.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Force Veteran Travis Nash, who died during a World War II aircraft crash.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Force Veteran Norman Lear, who served during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Jerome David Salinger, who served in the Army during World War II and went on to become the critically acclaimed author of The Catcher in the Rye.

This week’s America250 salute is Army Veteran Benjamin O. Davis Sr., who was the first African American to become a general in the Army.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Eugene “Gene” Curran Kelly, who served in the U.S. Naval Photographic Center during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army and Air Force Veteran James Warrington, who served in World War II and the Vietnam War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Kurt Vonnegut, who survived the bombing of Dresden during World War II, which later influenced his writing.

#VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran George S. Patton, who served during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Regina Benson, who served as in the Army Nurse Corps in WWII.