Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Marines recently landed their first fixed wing aircraft on a recertified airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, which ...

After the first one in the Pacific few months ago, the USMC renovated and reopened another WW2 airfield in North Carolina which will serve as a multipurpose outlying landing field. The U.S. Marine ...

Pfc. Norton Retzsch, a Marine Raider from Cincinnati, went missing during a 1943 battle in the Solomon Islands. DPAA used his great-niece's DNA to finally bring him home.

A US Marine Corps aircraft has landed on a rebuilt runway on a World War II-era Japanese airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, site of one of the Marines’ bloodiest battles of the war and now a ...

Explore the harrowing battle of Peleliu in 1944, where U.S. Marines faced unimaginable conditions in their fight for survival ...

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific has played a vital role in major conflicts throughout the Pacific theater, tracing its proud history from World War II island-hopping campaigns to present-day ...

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- "This was some tough stuff," reflected Vern Shmidt, a 99-year-old Valley veteran who served during the Battle of the Bulge. He was one of a handful of veterans who walked ...

Following the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, many young men in rural communities had to decide whether to seek an exemption so they could continue working on the farm, be drafted, or voluntarily ...

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: ...

In the mood for '1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines' without the hassle? Here are streaming and cable services with rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can pick what works best for you.