SAN DIEGO — A Marine Corps hero was honored Wednesday, 80 years after he died in World War II. The legendary Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone, who died at the Battle of Iwo Jima, now has a dedicated ...

One of the newest ships in the U.S. Navy fleet is named for a war hero from New Jersey. The ship is named for Raritan’s John Basilone. Some of the sailors from that ship made a trek to Somerset County ...

One of the newest ships in the U.S. Navy fleet is named for a war hero from New Jersey. The ship is named for Raritan’s John Basilone. Some of the sailors from that ship made a trek to Somerset County ...

The following is the June 18, 2022, christening ceremony of the guided missile destroyer John Basilone (DDG-122). “The ship’s namesake, Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, received the Medal of Honor for ...

The christening of a Navy destroyer on Saturday highlighted the sacrifices of two generations — the ship’s namesake killed in World War II and another Marine who died more than 60 years later. The ...

The ship bears the name of a Buffalo native and marine who served during World War II. John Basilone won the medal of honor for heroism during the Battle of Henderson Field at Guadalcanal one of the ...

Sixty years and nearly nine months after Sgt. John Basilone died on the sands of Iwo Jima, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a commemorative stamp Thursday honoring the Buffalo-born war hero -- the ...

BATH, Maine (WMTW) - The U.S. Navy has a new destroyer, courtesy of Bath Iron Works. Gov. Janet Mills and Sen. Susan Collins, who is a senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, were on ...

This Memorial Day, you could have done much worse than remember John Basilone. Eighty years ago, the U.S. military was grinding it out from one Japanese-held Pacific island to another in a brutal, ...

When John Basilone was welcomed home after being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism at Guadalcanal, his hometown Raritan and neighboring Somerville held a parade on Sept. 19, 1943, ...