Even the dead insurgents lining the streets and alleys of Fallujah were a threat to the U.S. Marines pushing into the Iraqi city two decades ago. Troops shot up the often boobytrapped corpses lying ...
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – U.S. Marines with 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force commemorated the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, at Camp ...
In August 1942, thousands of U.S. Marines were stranded on Guadalcanal with limited supplies and no certainty of rescue.
A Bronze Age armor suit, one of the oldest of its kind, has finally proven itself some 3,500 years after it was forged. The suit was discovered in 1960 after a foiled looting attempt in a richly ...
NPR — along with seven public radio stations around the country — is chronicling the lives of America's troops where they live. We're calling the project "Back at Base." This is the first installment ...
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (WITN) - Active and retired Marines gathered today to honor troops who lost their lives in the battle of An-Nasiriyah. The second Marine Division honored the 20th Anniversary of the ...
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Sometime during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, Marine Sgt. Alvin Josephy Jr. recorded a running commentary during deafening, close-quarter Marine combat with Japanese defenders.