Just ahead of Veterans Day, Hillsborough County's Plant City Adult Day Care Center honored two veterans who attend the center.
Murlyn Scott Whiddon and Anthony Young Lewis Jr. received the honors.
Whiddon served in the United States Air Force from 1986 to 2006.
His specialty was munitions, and he built bombs for the military.
He served in numerous countries, including Turkey, Spain, South Korea, Japan, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia. He served in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Desert Storm. Whiddon retired in 2006 as an E6 Technical Sergeant.
Whiddon, of Plant City, has attended the Plant City Adult Day Care Center for a year.
Anthony Young Lewis Jr. served four years in the United States Air Force.
He enlisted during the Vietnam War and was stationed in Hawaii for four years. Lewis, also of Plant City, has attended the Plant City Adult Day Care Center for 18 months.
The celebration and recognition included both men receiving a certificate and medallions from Hillsborough County Adult Day Services. The certificates and medallions were dedicated to the two recipients for their years of service in the United States military.
Maj. Jeff Baumgart, the senior instructor for Durant High School's Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC), presented the certificates and medallions.
The Durant High School JROTC also presented U.S. flag. A member of the center sang "God Bless America," and staff and clients recited the Pledge of Allegiance all in honor of the two veterans at the Plant City Adult Day Care Center.
Aging Services programs and services are funded in part by Hillsborough County property tax dollars.