Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

When Joe Foss -- then the commissioner of the upstart AFL -- sent a letter to his NFL counterpart, Pete Rozelle, in December ...

More than 7,000 Marines were killed and 20,000 wounded during the historic battle from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945, when ...

The Marines recently landed their first fixed wing aircraft on a recertified airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, which jarheads captured after brutal combat in 1944. The KC-130J Super ...

a Mississippi Marine killed during World War II will finally be buried on what would have been his 105th birthday, The remains of Marine Corps Sgt. Harold Hammett, 24, were finally accounted for ...

On December 9, 1942, after the start of World War II, KA-BAR submitted a knife to the United States Marine Corps in hopes that it would become a general issue to that branch of the military Posted ...

After decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold ...

Four local Black men made history as members of the Montford Point Marines, the first Black unit to serve in the Marine Corps ...

No one was going to keep young Duane Tunnyhill from fighting in World War II, wearing the uniform of ... He fought in only one battle as a Marine, but it was a big one: the epic struggle for ...