Go inside the mind of a WWII Marine. This video documents a veteran's life-changing decision to join the Corps, detailing the ...

Commander in the nation, 104-year-old Paul Wojahn, was interviewed by a DAV video team at the DAV shop on South Valley Street ...

Donn Thompson’s 100-year-old frame snapped to attention in the cold afternoon air Friday outside his home at the Rockwood South Hill retirement community, his hand extended in the formal military ...

NEW ORLEANS — Before Cpl. Thomas “Cotton” Jones was killed by a Japanese sniper in the Central Pacific in 1944, he wrote what he called his “last life request” to anyone who might find his diary: ...

When people think of World War II Marines, they probably think of John Basilone, "Pappy" Boyington or Chesty Puller. It's unlikely anyone thinks about Earl Hancock "Pete" Ellis. It's most likely ...

"I would never have imagined just owning this jacket would've turned into all of this," collector Austin Wideman tells PEOPLE Austin Wideman When he’s not working his regular day job as an electrician ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A World War II Marine who was killed in action was interred on Wednesday, July 2, after his remains were identified and brought back to Louisiana. Private First ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — Glen Fowler, a World War II Marine Corps veteran, died Sunday evening, Sept. 7, 2025, at his home with loved ones by his side. He was 98. The N.E. Alabama Marine Corps League ...

Mary Hawkins spent 13 months flying the wounded out of the Pacific Theater, becoming one of the few women to be awarded the ...

Two barrier-smashing Marine Corps veterans who were among the first Black men to enlist in the service died within a week of each other in August 2023. Cosmas Eaglin Sr. and Nathaniel "Nate" Boone ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Before Cpl. Thomas “Cotton” Jones was killed by a Japanese sniper in the Central Pacific in 1944, he wrote what he called his “last life request” to anyone who might find his diary: ...