This video showcases the hard-fought battle of the Marines in the Guadalcanal Campaign, starting on August 7, 1942.

When World War II Marine Corps hero Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, who was based at Camp Pendleton, received the Medal of Honor, the country’s highest military award in 1942, he was said to have ...

A Marine fills out his voter registration card for the upcoming 1969 presidential election. In 1983 the US Embassy in Beirut was bombed by Islamic terrorists. It was the deadliest attack on a US ...

Not entirely true', responded the Marine. 'Some of those pilots were Marines, in fact, Henderson Field on Guadalcanal was named after a Marine pilot killed at the Battle of Midway.' ...

including Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Peleliu and Tarawa. This image shows Carl Gorman on the island of Saipan. Image caption, 5/7: Code Talking was immensely successful, giving the US Marines the ...

On the Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942, the famed 1st Marine Division — the oldest, largest and most decorated division of the U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning ...

United States Marine Corps.The Marine Corps will celebrate its 250th birthday on November 10, 2025.In the Price of Freedom we take a ...