Get to know the heroic WWII namesake of the Navy’s newest shipThough he was peppered by shrapnel and severely burned after a kamikaze pilot slammed into his ship, Lt. Richard McCool Jr. went to work.4 weeks ago
Patton’s Prayer: Discussing the famed general with author Alex KershawKershaw spoke about his newest book, how faith and ego intertwined that winter in 1944, and how the Battle of the Bulge became an American triumph.4 months ago
The Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient died rescuing MarinesWhen asked if he could go back and extract the overwhelmed Marines from Guadalcanal, the 22-year-old Munro reportedly gave a confident, “Hell, yeah!”
The man who made Belleau Wood — and the Marine Corps — immortalFloyd Gibbons made history when his dispatch got past the wartime censor.
Biden says uncle’s remains never found during WWII due to cannibalsWhile the claim contradicts the DPAA report about his uncle's fate, Biden's comments on cannibalism in the region during WWII are not far off.
A child thought he’d found a rock — it actually was a Marine’s jawboneA human jawbone discovered in the Arizona desert was recently discovered to belong to a Marine Corps captain.
His father never spoke of WWII. His flight logs told the story for himHistorian and author Howard Mansfield had vowed to never write another word about World War II. Until another one fell into his lap.
Meet the 700-pound pig who raised $19 million for the Navy in WWIIBy war’s end, King Neptune had brought in over $19 million for the Navy — roughly $320 million today.
Last survivor of USS Arizona dies at 102Conter went on to survive two shoot downs as a pilot during World War II and was later a pioneer of the Navy's SERE program.
That time British sailors sang Monty Python as their ship burnedAlways look on the bright side of life.
That time a helo crew dropped greased pigs onto an aircraft carrier In the video, three pigs can be seen being released from the helo onto the flight deck of the Kennedy, as bewildered sailors give chase.
This Marine ruled as the king of a Haitian island for three years Sgt. Faustin Wirkus’ ascent from a poor 'breaker boy' — separating coal from slate — to king, is the stuff of Marine Corps legend.