"We were on the front line the Gulf War." During that time, he dealt with tragedy as part of a Navy team that responded to ...

NEW YORK – On Saturday morning, nestled between the USS Intrepid, New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, and the cruise terminal, the ...

He was later killed in action in 1945 during the Battle of Iwo Jima. “The John Basilone (DDG 122 ... Italian American ...

Forty-one years ago, Richard French of Gloucester was a young Navy sailor serving aboard the USS Iwo Jima stationed in the ...

The USS John Basilone was commissioned during a ceremony held on Nov. 9 and led by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, a ...

Charles Sehe, a war hero and scholar whose contributions to science and freedom are well documented in museums and libraries, died Nov. 1 at age 101 surrounded by family and prayers — and ready to ...

He helped bombard the Normandy coast during the legendary D-Day invasion. He witnessed the historic sinking of the USS ...

COL. Jeff Olichwier speaks during the 2024 Veterans Day observation at Ashley Pond. This year’s theme was ‘A Legacy of ...

The veterans met at the Iwo Jima Memorial, in New Britain, with the cutting of a birthday cake for the Marines 249th birthday. One of the Marine vets, in attendance, was 101 years old who actually was ...

After the war, Silberman resumed his studies and graduated from medical school at 26. Silberman was able to finish his ...

The LST-715 was at Iwo Jima, as well as several campaigns in the Korean War. In 1955, it was renamed the USS DeKalb County, in honor of the six United States counties with that name. (Public domain ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned the USS John Basilone into service this weekend. The ship bears the name of a Buffalo native and ...