Marine Corporal John J. Edwinson Jr. will be buried on Saturday with full military honors at Wildwood Cemetery in Wilmington.

To the public, he's a World War II hero who also happens to be the only member of the Coast Guard with a Medal of Honor (so far). To hundreds of Marines who fought at Guadalcanal on Sept.

Marine Cpl. John Edwinson Jr. was killed in the Battle of Guadalcanal but his remains weren't identified until last year.

More than eight decades after a Wilmington marine made the ultimate sacrifice, he is finally back home Thursday night. He was just 21 years old when he was ambushed in 1942. It took until now for his ...

Marine Cpl. John E. Edwinson Jr. comes home to Wilmington. Edwinson was sadly killed in action during World War II on Sept.

By Robert Abate This year marks the 80th Anniversary of the American invasion of Okinawa – Easter Sunday, April 01, 1945 – ...