On September 15th, 1944, the U.S. 1st Marine Division landed on the island of Peleliu, expecting a short, brutal assault to ...

LODI -- Corporal Frank S. Wright, 98, will proudly tell you that he quit high school in 1942 to join the military during World War II. The Lodi veteran said he chose the Marines for one simple reason.

Sunday morning 7 December 1941 is a date that is printed in the collective American mind. It was the day the Japanese ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Marines recently landed their first fixed wing aircraft on a recertified airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, which ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, in his speech to 800 assembled generals, admirals and senior enlisted at Quantico, Va., on ...

ADA, Minn. — Memorial Day is coming up and in Ada, Minnesota, high school students there have found a special way to honor veterans and their families. As part of the 80th anniversary of World War ...

When Bob Freeman thinks back on World War II, he remembers the Battle of Guadalcanal. He remembers the rain. The lack of food. The jungles full of Japanese soldiers. “The fighting was sporadic, but ...

CONCORD, Ohio — As the nation marks Independence Day on Thursday, a Lake County family will observe the occasion as they have for decades: in solemn reflection. July 4 marks 80 years since a young ...

Researchers have discovered a long-lost Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer that was sunk in a famous battle of World War II in the South Pacific. American patrol boats sunk the ship Dec. 12, 1942, ...

Members of a U.S. Marine Corps honor guard salute during services for U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Arthur B. Ervin, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.