Marines and sailors on the West Coast are expanding efforts to fix chronic barracks issues such as leaky sinks, drywall holes ...

Marines merge air control jobs as new air defense ... Guam mirror improvements to facilities on the islands of Tinian and Saipan. Commandant Gen. Eric Smith testified in a congressional hearing ...

As a member of the Signal Company, 4th Marines, Harris made an astounding five amphibious landings during the Pacific War: Roi-Namur (Kwajalein), Eniwetok, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Born in ...

U.S. Marines dig in on the beach at Saipan. Defense Dept. photo (Marine Corps.) June 1944. Library of Congress. On June 15, 1944, American forces invaded the island of Saipan, part of the Mariana ...

For the 80th Reunion of Honor, seven WWII veterans will return to Iwo Jima and be joined by defense secretaries from the US ...

Prof. Williams, author of several notable works in naval history, has applied her skills to go in search of her father, Marine Corps Major Roger G. B. Broome (1915-1945), who was seriously wounded on ...

Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...

4th Marine Division. Ricard and his unit were sent to the Pacific Theatre and participated in the battles of Saipan and Tinian before conducting final preparations in Hawaii to invade Iwo Jima.” ...

At Saipan, Graham was among those storming the ... Unfortunately, the reef around the island meant the Marines had to get out of their craft and bring the gun over the reef, taking one piece ...

This image shows Carl Gorman on the island of Saipan. Image caption, 5/7: Code Talking was immensely successful, giving the US Marines the upper hand in co-ordinating combat operations.

U.S. Marines dig in on the beach at Saipan. Defense Dept. photo (Marine Corps.) June 1944. Library of Congress. On June 15, 1944, American forces invaded the island of Saipan, part of the Mariana ...