Now Marine veteran Jackson Dodd is the proud owner of the 8.5-pound sword that inspired countless Marines to become one of the few, the proud, the lava monster slayers.

A US Marine Corps Sword (a), with scabbard (b) and sword sheath cover (c) (leather and cotton), presented to then 2nd Lt Wendell C. Chinn Sr., upon graduation from Prairie View A&M University in 1972.

The Marine Corps has opened a new art exhibit at its national museum documenting the service’s 250th anniversary. It’s called “250 Years of Dedication, Determination and Courage,” and it ...

The oldest Marine at the celebration, Duane Detterding, used a Marine Corps sword to cut the first piece of cake. In this symbolic tradition, the cutting of cake honors the passing of knowledge ...

Friday May 5 -- At a ceremony at the University of Missouri, the Commandant of the Cpl. Mason O. Yarbrough detachment of the Marine Corps League, Jim Maevers, presented a Marine Corps Officer ...