Veteran of the Day

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 Air Force Veteran Bernard F. Fisher, who served as an aviator during the Vietnam War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Robert William Patterson. Patterson served as a rifleman during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Nicole Kerkenbush, who served as a nurse for 24 years in the Army.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Chancellor Alphonso “Pete” Tzomes, who served as a submarine commander in the Cold War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran William Earl Brown Jr., who served as an aviator during the Korean War and Vietnam War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Alma Grocki, the first woman from Hawaii to graduate from the United States Naval Academy.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Alexander Wallgren, who served with the Army and National Guard over the course of two decades and earned a Purple Heart for his service in Iraq.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Coast Guard Veteran John Edgar Blouch, who served aboard Coast Guard ship Half Moon during the Vietnam War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Arthur Van Haren Jr., who fought as an ace fighter pilot during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Wilbur Jackson “Jack” Myers, who served as an antitank gunner during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Kyle T. Gourlie, who served as a machine gunner during Operation Iraqi Freedom.