The Marines recently landed their first fixed wing aircraft on a recertified airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, which jarheads captured after brutal combat in 1944. The KC-130J Super ...

largest and most decorated division of the U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning point of WWII. 1ST TO FIGHT: PACIFIC WAR MARINES, narrated by actor Jon Seda, documents the ...

The story of the Battle of Iwo Jima in WWII. 80 years ago, the battle of Iwo Jima came to an end on 26 March 1945. After 36 days of fighting, nearly 7,000 US Marines had been killed and another 20,000 ...

Staff Sgt. Stephon Smith carries what are believed to be the remains of a fallen Marine killed in 1942 during the Battle of ...

I’m not a World War II history buff ... not counting the predeployment training. The Pacific takes place over three years and ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...

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

What happens when a Navy captain and a historian walk into a bar? They come out with a hit podcast about the Pacific War.

Marine Robert Leckie has his first taste of combat on ... The story is a dramatic interpretation of the real events that took place in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. As with Band of Brothers, ...

Marines hug the ground as they land on Iwo Jima ... Paridon, the former staff historian at The National WWII Museum for 15 years, provides the story arc for each episode while Toti, who served ...