Kilemon Foster served as a mechanic and maintenance officer with the Marines for over 20 years, deploying to Iraq twice for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Joseph Pierce (his chosen name as a Chinese immigrant). Joseph served during the Civil War.
Mary Durand was able to complete a master’s degree in nursing as the senior nurse at the Oceana Branch Clinic in Virginia Beach.
Griffith served two tours in Vietnam., as an infantry adviser of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam and later as the executive officer of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division.
Bert Poe saw combat in Korea and participated in special operations around the world but retired from the Marines after being wounded in action.
Reece Lodder was named top Marine Corps photographer in 2011 and 2012 and was runner-up for DoD Military Photographer of the Year in 2012.
Roger Ingvalson landed in North Vietnam and was taken as a prisoner of war. On his first day, he was publicly beaten and taken into an underground prison.
Cronauer, well known by those troops who tuned into his daily radio show “Dawn Buster,” was loosely portrayed by Robin Williams in the 1988 movie “Good Morning Vietnam.”
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Andrew Powell. Andrew served in the Marine Corps Reserves as a Field Radio Operator from 2008 to 2015.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Ellwood Lee Frum. Ellwood served during World War II from 1942 to 1945.
Julius Siefring left the Army in 1945 with three Bronze Stars. He returned to Ohio and worked as a school bus driver for 43 years while raising his family.
Stanley Nelson endured difficult conditions while held prisoner and was left to die. American forces found him and evacuated him for medical treatment.