Twenty years ago this month, U.S. Marines began fighting the largest urban battle since the Vietnam War. More than 12,000 American, British and Iraqi troops fought for Fallujah, which had become an ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese ordnance disposal experts plan to defuse two suspected World War II-era bombs found last ...

US president-elect Donald Trump pressured Japan to pay more for American troops stationed on its soil during his first term ...

A day after celebrating his birthday and the birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps, 88-year-old Richard Hotchkiss was among ...

Less than 1% of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II are still alive. Frederick Elsen of Eatontown is one of ...

On April 1, 1945, the United States launched a massive invasion of the Japanese home island of Okinawa, with an initial ...

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Delbert G. Tuttle earned the Purple Heart and the Silver Star for wounds he suffered in the Battle of Saipan.

Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced he has returned a Purple Heart medal belonging to a late World War II ...

DECATUR - Ahead of Veterans Day, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced he has returned a Purple Heart medal ...

After the war, Silberman resumed his studies and graduated from medical school at 26. Silberman was able to finish his ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WSIL) -- A Purple Heart was returned to the family of a late World War II Marine in Illinois. The Illinois ...

The USS New Jersey (BB-62), known as "Big J," is arguably the greatest battleship ever, renowned for her impressive combat ...