Montford Point would be home to 19,168 black Marine recruits during the next seven years, nearly 13,000 of which — like Frazier and Chaney — would fight in the Pacific Theater during World War ...

Meet a 108-year-old World War II vet who helped break the Marines’ color barrier. ... Cosmas Eaglin, top right, was one of the first 300 Black recruits to break the Marine Corps color barrier.

Americans recall World War II in a way distinct from much of the world, as the United States avoided most of its destruction while significantly enhancing the country’s geopolitical reach.

When he’s not working his regular day job as an electrician in Pacific, Mo., 26-year-old Austin Wideman collects World War II memorabilia, specifically items connected to the 4th Marine Division.

James E. Swett, 88, a Marine Corps ace pilot during World War II who received the Medal of Honor for knocking seven Japanese dive bombers out of the air in 15 minutes during his first combat ...

Ask a dozen military historians to name the single most pivotal battle or campaign of World War II—the one operation that saw the war’s momentum irrevocably swing from the Axis to the Allied ...

Crime Police investigating after World War II, fallen Marine memorial defaced A replica of the Iwo Jima Memorial in Fall River was vandalized with what appears to be yellow spray paint last month.

Dean Caswell, 100, the last living U.S. Marine Corps fighter ace of World War II, died Sept. 21 at his home in Austin, Texas. The fighter ace joined the Marine Corps at the age of 20 in September ...