PFC Maurice E. Prince, a New Bedford Marine killed in action during the Battle of Saipan in WWII, is honored by the 77th Lights for Peace flag.

GROESBECK, Texas — A Groesbeck teen joined eleven other Young Marines who made the trip to Iwo Jima this spring to honor the 80th anniversary of the WWII battle that took place there. Leighanna Mackey ...

World War II veteran and Purple Heart recipient Henry C. Michalak celebrated his 95th birthday at the home of his niece, Kathy Parsons Sartor, in Marlin on Oct. 21. Though the graduate of Marlin High ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Among the most strategically vital objectives for the United States forces in the Pacific during World War II were three islands ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Once a Marine, always a Marine. A local World War II veteran in hospice was honored by current service members with a special visit Monday. The group of Marines paid a visit to ...

A U.S. Marine who sent an ominous letter home before he went missing in action during World War II has been accounted for over eight decades after he was killed in the Pacific, the Defense Department ...

Frank S. Wright turns 100 on July 5, 2025. He’d like to get 100,000 birthday cards for the occasion. Frank S. Wright has lived a life. At 16, as World War II raged, he lied about his age and joined ...

LEBANON, Tenn. (WKRN) — Nearly 80 years after being killed in WWII, a Marine’s remains were returned home to Lebanon, Tennessee Wednesday. “He gave his life for our country,” said Lane Martin, Captain ...

RICHMOND, Va. — There was a rousing tribute Tuesday in the Virginia House gallery to a man who has an important place in history. Members of the House of Delegates rose to their feet to honor Master ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, California (KCAL, KCBS) -- The U.S. Marine Corps helped Los Angeles County deputies clear a WWII-era explosive from a construction site at the Port of Long Beach on Wednesday. Port ...

A Groesbeck teen joined eleven other Young Marines who made the trip to Iwo Jima this spring to honor the 80th anniversary of the WWII battle that took place there. Leighanna Mackey planted a flag ...