On September 15th, 1944, the U.S. 1st Marine Division landed on the island of Peleliu, expecting a short, brutal assault to ...
In World War II, Japanese forces landed on Guadalcanal expecting another fast victory—but the jungle delivered a brutal ...
(KRON) — A teenager who lives in Fremont was among twelve Young Marines who traveled to Iwo Jima, Japan to honor the 80 th anniversary of the WWII Battle of Iwo Jima. Akshaya Krishna and 11 other ...
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 ...
ITOMAN, Okinawa — Eighty years after Navy hospital corpsman Vernon “Monk” Martin was killed in the Battle of Okinawa, his name has been added to a memorial honoring the nearly 250,000 people who died ...