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 ...

Marine veteran Leighton Willhite, 100, visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ support facility in August to see the tank he drove at Iwo Jima for the first time since World War II. Marine ...

DENVER (KDVR) — One of the few remaining Marines who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II was laid to rest Monday at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver. Donald Earl Whipple, 99, ...

MASON CITY — Larry Cronin’s eyes sparkled as he recalled a memorable day — Feb. 23, 1945 — during World War II. Cronin, now 92, watched as fellow Marines and a Navy corpsman raised the American flag ...

CANYON — On a cool Saturday morning in Palo Duro Canyon, more than 20 teams of wrestlers, Marines and community members tightened their shoelaces and adjusted flagpoles for a climb meant to echo one ...

On Purplish, our focus is usually on exploring the politics of the moment. But for Veterans Day, we're offering something different -- a chance to experience a defining moment in World War II from one ...

Daniel Penny was honored Wednesday by the Marine Corps League at an Iwo Jima Day in Boston — where the former Devil Dog received the prestigious Semper Fidelis achievement award. Penny — who was ...

IWO JIMA, Japan - The 97-year-old American's memories of comrades blown away on either side of him are a world away from his vision of this island after returning to commemorate one of World War II's ...

Trump said that Maduro and Flores were flown by helicopter to a U.S. warship and would go on to New York to face charges. He posted on Truth Social a photo of the Venezuelan leader, wearing in a gray ...