Marine Killed In Action During World War II Laid To Rest In Kansas
A Marine who lost his life fighting the Japanese in the Tarawa Atoll has been laid to rest in his hometown of Emporia, Kansas. Private…
Recognizing the Women Who Served in Vietnam
In 1963, Claire Brisebois Starnes enlisted in the Signal Corps of the US Army. She was 17 years old and so skinny that she was…
Storming Through Enemy Trenches in Iraq, Marine Chontosh Went After The Enemy With Their Own Weapons
Once the bullets start flying, and explosions ring out, one often has mere seconds to interpret the battlefield and take decisive action if one is…
A WWII Bomber Emerges After More Than Twenty Years of Repair Work (Watch)
It took more than two decades, but the B-25 was finally refurbished and ready to fly. CBS2’s Greg Mills reported the story and confirmed that it…
US Marines To Investigate Mistaken Identity Claim In Iwo Jima Photograph
This image was snapped by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal on 23rd February 1945, during a lull in the fighting in one of the fiercest…
Storming Through Enemy Trenches in Iraq, Marine Chontosh Went After The Enemy With Their Own Weapons
Once the bullets start flying and explosions ring out, one often has but seconds to interpret the battlefield and take decisive action if they are…
WWII veterans remember 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima
U.S. WWII veterans from around the country gathered in Arlington, Virginia, to remember and share stories of their involvement in the 1945 battle of Iwo…
Marine Who Led Charge up Mount Suribachi Passes Away
First Lieutenant John Wells heroically served as a marine in the United States military during WW II. He passed away on February 11, 2016, at…
JF Kennedy’s PT-109 – Towing A Wounded Crew Member To Safety With His Teeth For 3.5 Miles Before Going For Help
In 1963, Warner Bros. released a film about the WWII sinking of JF Kennedy’s Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat. Called ‘PT 109’ the film was the…
‘My own decisions’ Veteran served as Navy corpsman while assigned to Marine Corps in Japan
Enlisting in the Navy in 1951, California, Mo., resident Richard Schroeder went on to become a Navy corpsman attached to the United States Marine Corps…
JF Kennedy’s PT-109 – Towing A Wounded Crew Member To Safety With His Teeth For 3.5 Miles Before Going For Help
In 1963, Warner Bros. released a film about the WWII sinking of JF Kennedy’s Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat. Called ‘PT 109’ the film was the…
‘It made me a wiser person’ Marine Corps veteran discusses lessons from service during Vietnam War
By Jeremy P. Ämick While attending Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo., in the fall of 1965, Ron Saucier and a group of friends decided…