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Wounded twice fighting in the Pacific in World War II, including at Iwo Jima, Frank S. Wright received an honorary promotion ...
Across the Pacific, every battle and every skirmish had led to this moment. A colossal US armada made up of 1,500 ships and a ...
As young marines, Peter MacDonald and Thomas Begay transmitted top secret military messages using their native language. It was an undercover mission that changed U.S. intelligence operations forever.
Frank S. Wright, who served in the 4th Raider Battalion in the Pacific during World War II and fought at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima, wants to get 100,000 birthday cards for his 100th birthday on July 5.
HILLSIDE, Ill. — The remains of a Marine who died fighting in the Pacific Theater during World War II were buried with honors in Hillside Tuesday. The return home for Sgt. Robert Van Heck, who ...
US Air Force and Navy restore historic WWII-era airfield on Tinian in the Pacific. The airfield was a key launching point for B-29 bombers, including the 'Enola Gay.' ...
A Groesbeck teen joined eleven other Young Marines who made the trip to Iwo Jima this spring to honor the 80th anniversary of the WWII battle that took place there.
Based on the best-selling novel by Kenneth M. Dodson of the same name, "Away All Boats" tells the story of the amphibious attack transport USS Belinda in the South Pacific during WWII.
Considered an essential piece of kit for every Marine, a wide variety of private-purchase and standard-issue knives were pressed into service in every theater of the war to tackle tasks ranging ...
On April 12, 1945, wheelchair-bound, four-term president, Franklin Roosevelt, who had guided the country through the Great Depression and WWII, unexpectedly died at the “Little White House” in Warm ...