He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. By early March, battle-weary Marines had captured Iwo Jima’s two remaining airfields and reached the northern shoreline, effectively splitting the island in half. The surviving Japanese troops were severely outnumbered, and many had gone days ...
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BATTLES WON: LCPL KEVIN GRAJEDA Marine stories are full of honor, commitment and integrity. Learn how one Marine earned the Navy and Marine Corps Medal with an act of heroism. READ MORE Battles Won: SSGT Billy Dixson Staff Sgt. Billy Dixson, receives the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation ...
The meeting next week will mark the first time that an American defense secretary has not convened the Ukraine Defense Contact Group. The Medal of Honor recipient who lived and died next to Audie Murphy Three officers were wounded trying to silence the enemy machine gun. Robert Craig would be...
At stations throughout the Crucible, drill instructors read citations of Marine Medal of Honor awardees, using their stories of bravery and sacrifice to inspire recruits. The publications had a similar theme, using vignettes of both battlefield actions and everyday scenarios a...
1st Lt. Christian F. Schilt beside his Vought O2U-1 Corsair. Schilt made 10 flights into the embattled village of Quilali to evacuate wounded and bring in medicine and supplies to the Marines on the ground. Schilt received the Medal of Honor for his exploits. U.S. Marine...
“improve” the status of blacks who lack the qualities and performance to be promoted on their own merits, a process that will degrade the Marine Corps. So when he says, “We’re going to improve this year, next year and the year after that,” what he really means is, “We’re ...
Penny's platoon sergeants took the stand, telling the jury about the Marine Corps values – honor, courage and commitment – explaining if you don't uphold those values, you won't get promoted. Penny's attorney asked one Marine veteran if Penny had a reputation "of a calm and peaceful pe...
The Marines who ran from their landing craft onto the black sands of Iwo Jima’s shore to begin what Lt. Gen. Holland M. “Howlin’ Mad” Smith called “the most savage and the most costly battle in the history of the Marine Corps,” were equipped with little more than basic armament...