Last week, arriving in the U.S. from Saipan, where he was chief of staff of the 2nd Marine Division, Colonel Shoup learned that his “indomitable fighting spirit” at Tarawa had won him another ...

Wounded in the shoulder and ordered to retire from combat, Pfc. Delbert Tuttle refused to leave his fellow U.S. Marines as ...

I’m now on a beautiful little Island called Tarawa. We got through ... his fellow Marines with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division. Instead, he brought more ammunition ...

Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced he has returned a Purple Heart medal belonging to a late World War II ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WSIL) -- A Purple Heart was returned to the family of a late World War II Marine in Illinois. The Illinois ...

DECATUR - Ahead of Veterans Day, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced he has returned a Purple Heart medal ...

Ferguson was based in An Khe, Central Highlands, supporting the 1st Air Cavalry Division ... Diaz joined the Marine Corps in March 2000. As part of the Task Force Tarawa, 2nd Battalion ...

FUZHOU, China, November 21, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On November 18th, the four-day 2nd China Marine Equipment Expo (CMEE) concluded in Fuzhou, Fujian. Spanning 100,000 square meters, the exhibition ...