Leighton Willhite was a 19-year-old Marine corporal when he landed on Iwo Jima in 1945 as part of the battle’s opening ...
After four years of intense fighting in the Pacific, American forces decided they would need airfields nearby to Japan in order to invade the country and hasten an end to the conflict. To achieve this ...
Leonardo DiCaprio's massively beloved One Battle After Another has overtaken Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima at the ...
Marine veteran Leighton Willhite, 100, visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ support facility in August to see the tank he drove at Iwo Jima for the first time since World War II. Marine ...
A piece of a World War II aircraft carrier residing for decades in Bergen County will soon be moved to the Battleship New Jersey.
‘Uncommon valor was a common virtue on Iwo Jima," Adm. Chester Nimitz once said. About 100,000 Marines —many of them collegiate All-Americans — landed on the tiny volcanic island in the South Pacific ...
A look at the world's oldest aircraft carriers still on active duty, examining their legacy, upgrades, and role in modern ...
Fighter jets and other aircraft have arrived at the former Naval Station Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico as part of ...
The MV Ocean Trader, a floating barracks, helicopter base and command center for special ops forces, is currently operating ...
Maduro is no saint, Venezuela’s geography and porous borders make it a transit hub for drug trafficking, some of which likely benefits the ruling elite, but by singling out Venezuela, the US may be ta ...
I remember seeing the Japanese walking down the dock. The Marines were frisking all of them. We were top-side all over the place, hanging off the masts and over the side of our ship, anyplace ...