Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran George Washington Pearcy, who died Oct. 24, 1944, during the sinking of the Arisan Maru.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Antonio Reyna, who served during World War II and survived the Bataan Death March.
Irvin Scott, a Marine Corps private first class in World War II, was imprisoned by the Japanese for more than three years. He survived the infamous Bataan Death March, one of the greatest war-time atrocities, and was liberated in 1945.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Laura Mae Cobb, who was a member of the Nurse Corps during World War I and World War II.
Maginia Sajise Morales came to the United States for a better life. As a nurse, she enlisted in the National Guard, then became an active Army officer, serving in Bosnia and Iraq.
When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Robert Hamburger felt so guilty for giving anti-war speeches, so he went home and enlisted in the Army in January of 1942.
For more than 200 years, men and women of Asian and Pacific Island decent have voluntarily taken the oath to “support and defend the constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic.“
Bert Schwarz, imprisoned by the Japanese, was given little food and was not allowed to wear shoes because the Japanese feared he would escape.
During its operational history the "Aztec Eagles" flew 795 combat sorties, accumulated nearly 2,000 hours of combat flying and remains the only military unit in the history of Mexico to engage in combat outside of its national borders.
75 years after the United States entered World War II, Filipino Veterans received national recognition when they were recently awarded the Congressional Gold Medal – the highest civilian honor the United States can bestow.
A registered nurse at the VA’s outpatient clinic in McAllen, Texas, was recently recognized as a 2018 honoree and recipient of The DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses.
Shelby Johnson served during World War II and was a survivor of the Bataan Death March.