Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest legacy would be what happened after the war. 80 years after Iwo Jima, his ...

On the Vietnam War anniversary, Vietnam veteran Don Roden remembers his and his fellow veterans' sacrifices and resilience from Vietnam.

5th Marine Division did much to help in the war effort. Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photo helped raise $26.3 billion in the seventh war-bond drive needed to win the war ...

5th Marine Division. His unit was the first Marine regiment to fly into a combat zone. Roden recounted the life-changing events of May 2, 1968, when he was severely injured during a night ambush ...

William Abner Gatlin, PFC, U.S. Army, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Gatlin, Rt. 3, Andalusia, has been reported as missing in action. He was fighting with Gen. Patton’s Army in Germany. James M. Taylor, ...

All I did was sit there, and I did a little bit of praying.” Cram, a Navy corpsman with the 5th Marine Division, landed on the island with U.S. forces on Feb. 19, 1945. On the battle’s seventh ...

The 13-Marine squad is back, and the Corps is creating a new company within the infantry battalion to meet its modern ...

During WWII, he fought with the 5th Marine Division at Iwo Jima for the entirety of the 36-day battle, which has been recognized as one of the bloodiest campaigns in U.S. history. But today ...

In charge of Company E, 2d Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division as part of the V Amphibious Corps, Lummus and his rifle platoon encountered a band of Japanese soldiers near Kitano Point in ...

CMFRI to lead national marine fisheries census MFC 2025, gathering vital data for policy-making and infrastructure development.