The rounds it fired were heavy at 25 pounds each. In October 1952, the 2nd Battalion 5th Marines were battling the Chinese in murderous fight to save a place called Outpost Vegas. Sgt.

Once he returned, he was given command of the 3rd Platoon, Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, a platoon he would take to Iwo Jima. Wells was asked what he told his men ...

Comiletti trained with the 5th Recruit Battalion and 7th Recruit ... This was followed by his assignment for most of 1943 to Company H, 2nd Marine Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine ...

The Marines’ 3rd, 4th and 5th Divisions led the assault of Iwo ... Dixon was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division. The 24th Marine Regiment was activated ...

The Marines’ 3rd, 4th and 5th Divisions led the assault of Iwo Jima with key ... He was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division. Ricard and his unit were sent ...

The 2nd-5th Company are Battle Companies ... It was rather like a Space Marine Fortress Monastery. Many Regiments had either a Depot Battalion or group that remained at the Depot while the other ...

An infantry battalion known as the “China Marines,” has been reborn as a littoral combat team as part of the Marine Corps’ force structure changes that focus on China and the Pacific.

COTABATO CITY — The police and the Navy’s 5th Marine Battalion have tightened security in strategic areas of Cotabato City following a series of deadly gun attacks, amid the gun ban enforced ...

The following is the March 17, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report: The Army’s Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF ...

Fighting in the City of Hue as a Marine, Myron Harrington was awarded the Silver Star and Navy Cross a week apart.

FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — Army chaplains and their religious affairs specialist counterparts work frequently with trauma, both in ...