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‘And the building was gone.’ Veterans remember Beirut bombing on 38th anniversary

"The building was rubble there were so many bodies and pieces of bodies," Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff recalls seeing from the morning of the bombing.

By Philip Athey

2 years ago

North Carolina Marine saves neighbor, another Marine, by administering CPR

Cpl. Wesley Smith stepped up when his neighbor rushed to the door asking for help with her unconscious husband.

By Philip Athey

3 years ago

Here’s why these Marines are now wearing the French Fourregere

Marines in these two regiments have worn the green braided rope over their shoulder in their service and dress blue uniforms.

By Philip Athey

3 years ago

Altering memorial to fallen Navy Cross legend sparks outrage

A memorial to a fallen Marine war hero and Navy Cross recipient is being changed, and the family found out about the alterations through a Facebook post on Memorial Day.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago

The Corps’ largest rotational deployment to Norway kicks off

The deployment of nearly 700 Marines to Norway is the Corps' first expanded rotation to the region.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago

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