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Sandra Creeger, Margie Ellison and Cindy Frank, members of the Marine Corps League Auxiliary, along with Kevin Hanson, ...

Pulitzer prize-winning photograph of U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division raising the United States flag on Iwo Jima was taken Feb.

Chairwoman Dr. Dawn Buckingham, M.D. introduced the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB's Voices of Veterans oral history program on Thursday. This week, they highlight the service of ...

Eighty years ago this week, U.S. Marines landed on the tiny island of Iwo Jima, 660 miles south of Tokyo. Iwo Jima was a key objective to win World War ...

Join the National Museum of the Marine Corps for a special screening of Flags of Our Fathers at the National Museum of the Marine Corps Medal of Honor Theater to honor the 80th anniversary of the ...

A statue stood tall and silent above the city of Fall River on the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima. ABC6 stopped ...

Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone is the only enlisted Marine of the World War II era to receive both the Medal of Honor and ...

The Marine Corps League held their 25th annual Iwo Jima Day Event in the Massachusetts State House to commemorate the 80th ...

A DUI arrest in Stafford County led to the discovery of outstanding warrants, while Prince William County police reported ...

The Reedley Police Department’s flag will be lowered to half-staff for almost a week starting next Tuesday. Police say it’s ...

Nearly 50 lawmakers wrote a letter to President Trump last week urging him to award the Medal of Honor to a Marine veteran ...