Features multi-platinum entertainer and TV/film actor Trace Adkins alongside the US Army Field Band.
Salute to Service 2025: A Veterans Day Special airs Monday, November 10 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streams live on the WXXI app.
In addition to Adkins, this latest installment of the annual celebration features inspiring performances by opera superstar Angel Blue, Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, as well as fascinating profiles of veterans from across the nation and across the generations. Through powerful music and heartfelt storytelling, the program honors the courage and sacrifice of our nation’s veterans. Salute to Service 2025 features remarkable stories of service members, including:
- World War II veteran John Gleeson, who served in the Army Air Corps and still flies planes today at age 101;
- The Corley brothers, triplets who followed their father’s lead into the Army along with their mother, who enlisted a year after they joined the service;
- Tracey Hunter of Beyond the Call, an organization dedicated to preserving the stories of WWII vets and taking them to reunions on some of the battlefields where they served;
- A visit to the Library of Congress highlights the Veterans History Project, which collects and preserves the firsthand recollections of US military veterans for future generations.