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Marine gunny receives medal for saving biker’s life after California crash
Marine applied two tourniquets following a motorcycle rider's collision with a sport utility vehicle.
By Todd South
Iwo Jima: The story behind Alan Wood and the famous flag on Mount Suribachi
The time and the place were prophetic. It was early 1945, and the place was Pearl Harbor, site of the surprise attack that plunged the United States into World War II.
By World War II magazine
Remembering Iwo Jima on the anniversary of the WWII amphibious landing
Today we remember and honor the Marines that fought and gave their lives on the tiny volcanic island of Iwo Jima.
By John Fannin, American Grit
Gunboats in Hell: Battle at Iwo Jima
Feb. 17, 1945, had dawned clear and bright off Iwo Jima. At 10:45 that morning, Lieutenant (junior grade) Rufus G. Herring, aboard LCI(G)-449, peered through binoculars at the tiny island, still some distance away.
By Mitch Weiss, World War II magazine
The Battle of Iwo Jima: A 36-day bloody slog on a sulfuric island
The Japanese defending Iwo Jima on D-day displayed superb tactical discipline. As Lieutenant Colonel Justus M. ‘Jumpin’ Joe’ Chambers led his 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, across the first terrace on the right flank of the landing beaches, he encountered interlocking bands of automatic-weapons fire unlike anything he had faced in Tulagi or Saipan. ‘You could’ve held up a cigarette and lit it on the stuff going by,’ he recalled. ‘I knew immediately we were in for one hell of a time.’
By Joseph Alexander, World War II magazine
Marine Corps War Memorial finally commemorates Iraq, Afghanistan
The Marine Corps War Memorial was updated for the first time since 1996.
By Jeff Schogol
Survey: Do you want Arlington National Cemetery to encroach on the Marine Corps War Memorial?
The cemetery wants to know what you think about the proposed expansion.
By Jeff Schogol
Marine Corps Marathon prep: Advice for new runners, event history, videos and more
Hitting the streets of D.C. on Sunday? What you should know before the starting gun goes off.
By Rachel Rakoff