Hosted on MSN7mon
Marines make first landing on renovated WWII airfield in the Pacific
Marines merge air control jobs as new air defense tech comes online That airfield puts Marine aircraft within 1,000 miles of Manila, Philippines, which is a major Pacific partner nation of the ...
Storied Marine infantry battalion to be transformed into Littoral Combat Team
Battalion, 4th Marines was captured in World War II and reforged from the Marine Corps' first Raider units. Now it will ...
‘It’s definitely closure:’ Marine killed in WWII receives honor burial after ID through DNA
The return home for Sgt. Robert Van Heck, who died taking part in the Battle of Tarawa over the Gilbert Islands in November ...
PBS3y
1st to fight: Pacific War Marines
largest and most decorated division of the U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning point of WWII. 1ST TO FIGHT: PACIFIC WAR MARINES, narrated by actor Jon Seda, documents the ...
We Went With Marine F-35Bs As They Fought A Mock War From A Pacific Island
On Dec. 8th, 2024, four F-35Bs from VMFA-214 “Black Sheep” squadron, along with two F-35Bs from VMX-1, flew out of Marine ...
The National Interest3d
Head-to-head: The Douglas SBD Dauntless vs. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Bomber
What can be said about these iconic warbirds that hasn’t already been said? Let us tell you. As was the case with torpedo bombers, the heyday of the dive bomber did not last beyond World War II. But ...
AOL22d
Marine killed in WWII accounted for after sending ominous letter home
A U.S. Marine who sent an ominous letter home before he went missing in action during World War II has been accounted for over eight decades after he was killed in the Pacific, the Defense ...
CBS News24d
U.S. Marine killed in World War II accounted for 8 decades after sending ominous letter to family
A U.S. Marine who sent an ominous letter home before he went missing in action during World War II has been accounted for over eight decades after he was killed in the Pacific, the Defense ...