On the black volcanic sands of Iwo Jima during World War II, American Marines were pinned down by invisible Japanese defenses ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, in his speech to 800 assembled generals, admirals and senior enlisted at Quantico, Va., on ...

Among the most strategically vital objectives for the United States forces in the Pacific during World War II were three islands in the Marianas: Saipan, Guam and Tinian. Close enough to the Japanese ...

Frank S. Wright turns 100 on July 5, 2025. He’d like to get 100,000 birthday cards for the occasion. Frank S. Wright has lived a life. At 16, as World War II raged, he lied about his age and joined ...

The recently identified remains of a Marine hailed for his bravery in battle are heading home 72 years after he was killed on a remote Pacific atoll during World War II. First Lt. Alexander "Sandy" ...

GROESBECK, Texas — 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. Leighanna Mackey ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Marine has been honored for helping recover American troops’ remains from a World War II battlefield in the Solomon Islands. Staff Sgt. Stephon Smith, an explosive ordnance ...

A self-described “wide-eyed farm boy” from Wilbarger County, Arvin J Bowden joined the Marine Corps in 1942 because he didn’t see many other career opportunities on the horizon. By the time he ...

The island of Roi-Namur is located in the northern part of Kwajalein Atoll, one of the many volcanic islands and coral atolls comprising the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Situated in the Pacific ...

When 20-year-old Charmning Willie Rowe joined the military to fight alongside his brother in World War II, it wasn’t because he was drafted but because he wouldn’t take no as an answer. Time after ...