Hospital Corpsman Billy Bui said his sense of duty comes from his grandfather, who risked everything to help his family flee ...

Go Noi Island, Vietnam, June 12, 1969: Members of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division take a break during ...

Barreras, born in Tularosa, N.M., in 1964, was a Marine and Army ... He served in Vietnam as a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).

The modern all-volunteer military was born in the post-Vietnam years and has struggled to recruit men due to its dangerous and unpopular nature. However, women have flooded into the service and taken ...

Two streets in French Camp have been named after notable local veterans: Richard A. Pittman Drive and Tino Adame Road are ...

When I worked on the 1st Marine Division’s staff back from 2004-2007 ... A common misconception over the Vietnam War was that everyone was drafted. This wasn’t true. Most men were actually ...

1st Marine Division and served as a rifleman with the unit. On July 24, 1966, Pittman was on a trail in Vietnam when men ahead of his unit came under fire. Instead of fleeing from the attack ...

Adam Driver, R Lee. Ermey, and... Drew Carey? Yes, all of these actors enlisted in the Marines before becoming actors, and ...

The plan called for a rapid victory to split South Vietnam into three parts and give the North control of Saigon, capital of ...

Mel M. Cohen has lived a life of service that continues to this very day. He was born in Kew Gardens, Queens, in 1948 and ...

Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, one of World War II’s most decorated Marines, received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross ...

Stanley Prybylski, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, was awarded a Purple Heart for injuries sustained when he stepped on a land mine.