Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Susie Pitcher, who was one of the "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor" in World War II.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay honors the service and sacrifice of WWII Marine Corps Veteran Robert L. Zehetner, who was killed during the Battle of Tarawa.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Kermit Beahan, the bombardier who loaded "Fat Man" onto the B-29 Superfortress Bockscar.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Kathlene Contres, who served in the Navy for 30 years and led the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute.
Today, we observe the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, men and women of the armed forces faced one of the most lethal threats in our country’s history with astounding heroism.
Navy Veteran Denise Brown served from 1975 to 1998 onboard various ships as a communications technician operator and radioman.
Of the 2,341 service members killed at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, nine who died are buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minnesota.
This week’s America250 salute is Navy Veteran Norman Kleiss, who served as a dive bomber pilot during the Battle of Midway and World War II.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Willett “Will” Lehner was aboard USS Ward (DD-139), a World War I “four-stacker” patrolling the entrance to Pearl Harbor.
On his 100th birthday, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Joseph Norman “Jack” Holder, a survivor from the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Four-Star Adm. Francis Stuart Low, a Veteran of both World Wars and a decorated submariner.
After 80 years, the sounds are what Veteran Ken Potts recalls from Pearl Harbor Dec. 7,1941. “It was like the whole world was on fire.”