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FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state office buildings in Kentucky be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday, June 13, in honor of a Kentucky soldier ...

After completing his training in January 1969, Meyer was assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment in Quang Tri, Vietnam. Alpha Company was known as the “Walking Dead” for the high ...

Marines launched another phase of Operation Prairie IV on May 13, 1967. On May 16, Alpha Company of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines moved out on a platoon-sized sweep, supported by tanks.

In 2011, Michael Haft, who grew up summers on Nantucket, was in Afghanistan, a weapons platoon commander with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, nicknamed “The Walking Dead.” Haft emailed his ...

(Nov. 9, 2024) In 2011, Michael Haft, who grew up summers on the island, was in Afghanistan, a weapons platoon commander with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, a unit nicknamed “The Walking Dead.” He ...

Cpl. Daniel Heller was awarded the Navy Cross 55 years after fighting through an ambush to save his Marines during the Vietnam War.

In Feb. 1945, the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines landed on the southern tip of Iwo Jima. As part of it, Mahoney spent 34 days on the ash-covered island, fighting Japanese soldiers in the bloodiest battle ...

By Feb. 13, 1969, he was a Marine corporal, 3rd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 9th Regiment. He recalls the ambush of that afternoon as if it were yesterday. His squad was among ...

U.S. Marine veterans Al Reed, Ed Stanley and John Warren gather around one of the two active-duty Marines who escorted the 1st Battalion 9th Marines' flag to the 1/9 Network's first reunion in ...

Dewane Morgan of Park Rapids shares a rare distinction with two other current or former members of the local Star of the North Detachment, Marine Corps League. Morgan, as well as John Warren of Pine ...

Seven Marines, who were all members of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, lost their lives.