From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, the Marine Corps earned its reputation for tackling some of the bloodiest battles of World War II’s Pacific Theater. What few remember is that the U.S. Army usually fought ...

Frank S. Wright has lived a life. At 16, as World War II raged, he lied about his age and joined the Marine Corps, entering into the ranks of legends as a Marine Raider in the Pacific. He fought at ...

Robert Cyr Jr.'s remains were officially accounted for in November 2025 after he died in a combat mission in the South Pacific in January 1944.

Among the most strategically vital objectives for the United States forces in the Pacific during World War II were three islands in the Marianas: Saipan, Guam and Tinian. Close enough to the Japanese ...

The remains of Norton Retzsch, an Ohio native who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, were unidentified for decades after he ...

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- "This was some tough stuff," reflected Vern Shmidt, a 99-year-old Valley veteran who served during the Battle of the Bulge. He was one of a handful of veterans who walked ...

A World War II Marine Raider from Cincinnati who went missing during a brutal jungle assault in the Solomon Islands 83 years ago will finally return home after the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ...

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, in ...