Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the summer of 1965, just months after the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade landed at Da Nang, the intensity of the Vietnam War ...
Staff photo / J.T. Whitehouse Marine Corps veteran Paul Boucherle shows his unit’s logo that was used only on the aircraft carrier because it was controversial in the U.S. The unit was known as “The ...
Marines at Camp Lejeune now issue, turn in and repair gear under one roof at the new 109,000-square-foot Class II Logistics ...
STEVENSVILLE — “In 1954, a scattering of riverine commandos were called the Marine Infantry of the Republic of Vietnam Navy, later known as the Vietnamese Marine Corps. These became part of the armed ...
This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Global edition, March 5, 2018. It is republished unedited in its original form. Marine vet recalls battle that claimed his best friend DONG HA, ...
John Ligato III, a Marine veteran who served with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Division, receives the Bronze Star Medal at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, June 24. Ligato and two ...
Rick Brunk was born in Jefferson, and joined the Marine Corps a year after high school graduation in 1967 in the middle of ...
Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney arrived in Vietnam as a gifted young marksman from Oregon and quickly proved himself as a Marine ...
Cosmas D. Eaglin Sr., one of the original Montford Point Marines, was recognized for his service during a birthday celebration in January. (Tammy Martin/North Carolina Department of Military and ...
"We were supposed to only live 10 seconds." A Marine Corps radio operator shares his amazing story of survival in Vietnam, overcoming discrimination, and finally being honored. After endearing one of ...