Marines across the country are set to gather for the 246th birthday of the Marine Corps on Saturday Nov. 6. But for a group of Camp Pendleton veterans, the celebration will be especially poignant.
Editor's note: It has come to our attention that Lt. Col. Sam Folsom is happily not the only surviving World War II Marine Corps pilot. Stay tuned to Military.com for a follow-up on this story. Sam ...
During John Vollinger’s 37 months in the Marine Corps during World War II, much of which was spent in combat in the South Pacific, he didn’t think too far ahead. And he never thought about living to ...
Sgt. Maj. William Carter, the sergeant major of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, uses a World War II–era M2 flame thrower to burn last season’s Christmas trees at Elliot’s Beach Feb. 1.
Florence Alva Bieber, who served in the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve during World War II, was recently honored on her 100th birthday by the Women’s Veterans of Berks County. State Rep. Mark Gillen, ...
CHINO, Calif. (KABC) -- He's a veteran who gets to go back in time to see the warplanes that made him a World War II hero. Now, to commemorate a milestone birthday, Harold Kramer shared his stories of ...
World War II became a major turning point in the desegregation of the U.S. military when African-American service members continued an honored legacy of military service in newly established ...
Navajo code talker John Kinsel, Sr. celebrated a major milestone earlier this year — his 106th birthday. Who were the World War II Navajo Code Talkers? During World War II, the U.S. Marines selected a ...
GREENWOOD, Ind. — The olive-green jacket had traveled around the world. Originally assigned to Bob Brunnemer while he was serving in Guam, Japan and China with the U.S. Marine Corps, it had come home ...
NEW ORLEANS — Frances Skina Hoffmann, a WWII veteran and one of the oldest female Marines, died earlier this week from COVID-19 at age 96. Health officials have been struggling to contain the spread ...