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 ...

A year later, he joined Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division and served as a rifleman with the unit. On July 24, 1966, Pittman was on a trail in Vietnam ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Vietnam: A Marine scans the perimeter for any enemy activity. Marines launched another phase of Operation Prairie IV on May 13, 1967. On May 16, Alpha Company of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines ...

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.

1st Battalion, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in January 1970. His destination: the Republic of Vietnam. On May 6, 1970, Pfc. David was serving as radio-telephone operator in a 20-man ...