Leighton Willhite was a 19-year-old Marine corporal when he landed on Iwo Jima in 1945 as part of the battle’s opening ...

Retired Major Robert Barto, a decorated veteran who served in three wars, was honored on his 100th birthday with a Quilt of ...

Frank S. Wright being promoted from corporal to honorary sergeant on Aug. 31, 2025. (Sgt. Haley Fourmet Gustavsen/Marine Corps) At just 16, Frank S. Wright lied about his age to enlist in the U.S.

More than 100 runners will carry the U.S. flag up Palo Duro Canyon’s CCC Trail in a three-mile honor run benefiting veterans and BOOM Adventures.

CANYON — On a cool Saturday morning in Palo Duro Canyon, more than 20 teams of wrestlers, Marines and community members tightened their shoelaces and adjusted flagpoles for a climb meant to echo one ...

U.S. Navy pilots will practice carrier landings at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni due to ongoing volcanic activity on Iwo Jima, the usual field practice site, according to Japan’s Ministry of ...

A U.S. search team on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima is zeroing in on a cave where a Marine combat photographer who filmed the iconic flag-raising 62 years ago is believed to have been killed in ...

Nicknamed “the Stinger,” Corporal Tony Stein carried a one-of-a-kind improvised weapon onto the black sands of Iwo Jima. Charging Japanese pillboxes with a gun capable of firing up to 1,500 rounds per ...

Marine veteran Leighton Willhite, 100, visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ support facility in August to see the tank he drove at Iwo Jima for the first time since World War II. Marine ...