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.
The Army initially declined Young-Oak Kim's voluntary enlistment, but later drafted him in January 1941. He was assigned to 442nd Brigade Combat Team.
Joe Lopez first assignment was with the 21st Infantry Brigade, 24th Infantry Division in Germany he was reassigned to the 327th Airborne Infantry.
Spiro Cappony was sent to Istanbul and partook in several undercover intelligence operations to discover and stop Turkey’s ore shipments to Germany.
Ross Kirk wore the Green Beret on active duty for nine years and is nicknamed the “Leapin’ Deacon” due to his 225 military jumps, including 50 HALO jumps.
Earl McClung was one of the original members of ‘Easy’ Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Regiment, of the 101st Airborne Division.
Elvis Mason's unit engaged in combat for 100 consecutive days and moved through France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and Holland to push the Germans back.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran John Walter MacIndoe. John served from 1942 to 1972 during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
The Japanese forced William Allen and the American soldiers to walk more than 60 miles in ten days from the Bataan Peninsula to the O’Donnell prison camp.
Edwin Wilber deployed twice to Korea during 1951. He deployed in support of Operation Thunderbolt and was wounded on Jan. 25, 1951.
Michael Healy served in Korea leading Army Airborne Rangers and in Vietnam leading Special Forces in combat. His five tours of duty in Vietnam earned him the nickname “Iron Mike.”
Bismark Myrick was appointed as the ambassador to Lesotho until 1998 and then the ambassador to Liberia until he retired from the Foreign Service.