Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Lewis Millett, who served in World War II and received a Medal of Honor for leading a bayonet charge while serving in Korea.
On National Airborne Day, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Tom Rice, a World War II paratrooper who landed in Normandy on D-Day.
Vietnam Veteran’s gift honors fallen soldier son killed in Iraq. “Matthew stood for everything good and you can’t forget good soldiers.”
The song is about the longing for home in every Veteran’s experience while serving in foreign countries. Through each singer’s story of how each branch of the military contributes to America’s freedom, we learn how much America means to the five Veterans who helped write the lyrics to this song.
This week’s America250 salute is Army Veteran Sidney Shachnow, a special forces commander who oversaw U.S. forces during the Berlin Wall fall.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Joseph G. LaPointe Jr., a combat medic who received a Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War.
Command Sgt. Maj. Dick Veenendaal was one of the original members of the 101st Airborne out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The unit was reconstituted in 1956 after being disbanded for a time after World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Guy Whidden, who served as a paratrooper during the Normandy landings.
Thank you, Conrad Washington, for hosting us and for that warm welcome—and thanks to all the Veterans and VA employees who will be joining us over the next couple days.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Edward J. Tipper Jr., a paratrooper and a member of the “Band of Brothers” during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Tom Jones, who served as a field artilleryman with the 101st Airborne Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Douglas Bonnot, who served as a cryptanalyst in the Army Security Agency during Vietnam.