Wounded Warriors CEO Mike Linnington named grand marshal of Veterans Day Parade
NEW YORK -- The grand marshal has been announced for New York's Veterans Day Parade.
The CEO of the Wounded Warrior Project, retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Mike Linnington, was named Monday during a ceremony at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.
Monday also marked 20 years since the start of the War in Iraq.
Linnington commanded a brigade of the 101st Airborne Division during that invasion.
He will lead marchers up Fifth Avenue for the parade on Nov. 11.
