James P. Burnette Jr. has served in a variety of capacities while in the U.S. Navy. His first vocation was working as a Field ...

Inducted into the Marine Corps at a 1967 Twins game with 149 others, North Branch author Christy Sauro spent years collecting the Vietnam War stories of his fellow Marines.

Captain Tom ... just knew that a boy who had grown up in the bedroom at the top of the stairs had been killed in Vietnam.

The Pacific Theatre of World War II taught the United States Army and Marines the importance of close-quarters combat ...

We weren’t adversaries," a former North Vietnamese Air Force pilot said. "We were just wearing different uniforms, taking ...

For the third year, 22 a Day is remembering veterans lost to suicide in an effort to make the invisible wounds of combat more ...

Most people are familiar with Chinese finger cuffs. They make great party favors for kids. If you place your index fingers in them, it is very difficult to get out unless you know the trick. For the ...

This is every rifle the Marine Corps has issued to Marines in the service's 250-year history, from muskets to M4s.

The Marines will be assigned tasks related to transportation, logistics and administrative functions. They're not authorized ...

March 8, 1965: The U.S. Marines storm Da Nang, marking the first major ground troop deployment of the Vietnam War. This was the beginning of America’s longest war.

The choppers in the Piasecki H-21 family have the nickname "Flying Banana" due to the bend in the fuselage, which resembled a banana.

Marshalltown Community College Foundation and the Fairall Memorial Scholarship committee celebrated with student recipients ...