Joe Foss received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a Marine Corps fighter pilot during the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942 ...

On September 15th, 1944, the U.S. 1st Marine Division landed on the island of Peleliu, expecting a short, brutal assault to ...

They were a secret Marine platoon sent ashore before anyone else. Led by Frank Tachsky, these men—many pulled straight from ...

During the ferocious battle, Alexander Bonnyman led a 21-man demolition team against the main bomb-proof shelter on Tarawa.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, in his speech to 800 assembled generals, admirals and senior enlisted at Quantico, Va., on ...

"I couldn’t get over the idea that I owed my country everything," Mr. Daly, who was awarded the Silver Star for bravery for ...

As a member of Guadalcanal's "Cactus Air Force," Joe Foss made an enduring mark.

In 1967, Vietnam, Capt. Bill Dabney chose the Marine unit closest to the enemy—an instinct that soon put him and his men at ...

Before becoming an acclaimed sprinter on the world stage, Paddock served in field artillery during World War I. It was not a ...

Joseph Folino was the last of a generation. Folino, of Jeannette, died Thursday at age 103. He is believed to among the last surviving veterans who fought in Battle of the Bulge, the last German ...

On Dec. 6, 1941, Young commanded the repair ship Vestal, which he fatefully brought alongside the battleship Arizona. The ...

The communists had avoided attacking the area in recent months, but they began moving thousands of men to the frontline. Lt. Col. John I. Williamson knew something big was about to happen in the ...