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From the S&S archives: Marines returning in peace to hard-won Iwo
Stars and Stripes· 5 hours agoIWO JIMA — The U.S. Marines will land on Iwo Jima and secure Mt. Suribachi Friday for the second...
No dugongs found near Marine base on Okinawa after 3-year search, officials say
Stars and Stripes· 6 days agoA committee of the Okinawa Defense Bureau decided May 21 that the long absence of the dugong from...
The German board game that changed the face of war
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoFog had put Reinberger’s plane off course and forced his pilot to land in Belgium, still then a neutral country; he had, against regulations, been...
Marines: Marines Reorganize
Strategy Page· 2 days agoJune 30, 2023: The U.S. Marine Corps, as part of a major reorganization, is modifying the size and composition of its infantry battalions. This was the result of two years ...
CH-53K King Stallion Has Arrived At MCAS Yuma To Join VMX-1 Testers
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIt resulted in a delay. The aircraft was ultimately ready for primetime at the end of 2020. We...
WWII veteran recalls Army signup on D-Day
The Elkhart Truth, Ind. via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoELKHART — Glenn Drumm turned 98 on Thursday, which also marked the 80th anniversary of both D-Day and the day he signed up for the draft. The Elkhart man registered just as the Allies landed ...
Amphibious WW2 'Duck' Vehicle Reenacts Normandy Landing on D-Day Anniversary
MarineLink· 2 days agoTwo amphibious vehicle landed on Gold Beach in Normandy on Thursday, exactly 80 years after the...
D-Day 80th anniversary: Veterans fight back tears in Auld Lang Syne singalong
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt was only after the 15 D-Day veterans had made it safely on to a square overlooking the shores of...
What D-Day meant and U-Day could mean for America
Stars and Stripes· 5 days agoAs we approach the 80th anniversary of D-Day in World War II by which the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy — June 6, 1944 — marking the beginning...
St. Augustine's Ed Trester commemorates D-Day
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDubbed by historians as the beginning of the end of World War II, Allied Forces from the United States, Canada...Front. During World War II (WW II), the...