More than 100 runners on 25 six-member teams will climb Palo Duro Canyon on Saturday, Sept. 20 for a three-mile honor run, carrying the U.S. flag up the CCC Trail to salute veterans and service ...
SAN ANTONIO — Nearly eight decades after U.S. Marines raised the flag at Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, five of them reunited at San Antonio's Menger Hotel to reconnect and ...
Eddie Vincek landed on Iwo Jima about an hour after the first wave of Marines hit the beach. A member of 1st Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, it was his first taste of combat, he told an interviewer ...
No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the United States Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat brutality and staggering casualties, it was the worst battle in the ...
It's been 75 years since Sgt. Fred Reidenbach landed on enemy territory. "The only thing we could do is dig in and hope for the best," said Reidenbach, who was in the Marines. Reidenbach, 97, fought ...
HOMEWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- Memorial Day celebrations and tributes took place around the United States to honor the men and women who served in our Armed Forces. One local Marine has spent years ...
Two hundred and fifty years ago, in a smoky Philadelphia tavern, a handful of men gathered to take an oath that would outlast ...
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 ...
DANBURY -- Marching in five-by-five formation, the Marines made their way up a hilltop on the barren Japanese island of Iwo Jima. All of a sudden, John yelled, "Spike, behind you!" Emil Samuelson, ...
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...
No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat brutality and staggering casualties, it was the worst battle in the history of ...