He joined the Marines at 16, served as a Raider, and fought at Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal in World War II. Now, he just wants birthday cards.

Both Marine Recon and Marine Raiders are elite, but their missions, training, and command structures are very different. Recon teams gather intelligence deep behind enemy lines for larger Marine ...

The Raider: A New England Runaway, the Chinese Communists, and the Birth of U.S. Marine Special Forces in World War II Stephen R. Platt. Knopf, $32 (544p) ISBN 978-0-525-65801-6 ...

The Wisconsin Maritime Museum set a goal of $1.5 million to dry dock the USS Cobia. The state budget provided the final ...