Jim Wescoat was born on Dec. 7, 1921, in Atlantic City, N.J. Exactly 20 years later, after Pearl Harbor was bombed on Dec. 7, 1941, he joined the Marine Corps. Now 103, he’s the only Marine WWII ...

The Battle of Tarawa was the opening campaign of the U.S. drive across the central Pacific during World War II.

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - This Thanksgiving marks the 75th Anniversary of one of the most grueling and hard-fought battles in ...

The tale of how more than 120 million books found their way to WWII soldiers came rushing back with the latest release from Field Notes.

By dawn, the Japanese forces are decimated, their reputation shattered, and the Marines emerge victorious at Hell’s Point.

Under relentless Japanese attacks, Colonel Edson and his Marines held Hill 123 through a brutal night of artillery barrages, ...

America250PA last week dedicated a custom-designed bell sculpture outside the former Tacony home of World War II hero Al ...

"The Mosquito Bowl" will tell the true story of college football stars gone off to war who stage a "bowl game" in the South Pacific.

“Amateurs discuss tactics, the professionals discuss logistics,” Napoleon famously asserted. The Chinese have been very professional and have bolstered their logistics while targeting ours. This means ...

Over the years they have received many monikers, some more irreverent than others. Soldiers of the sea. Teufelhund. Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children. Leatherneck. Jarhead. Crayon eaters. But at the end ...