Colorado USMC veteran Jim Blane, almost 101 years old, sat down with CPR News to detail his experience in one of the most ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Defense Department says the remains of a U.S. Marine killed in a World War II battle in the Pacific have been identified as an Arkansas man. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting ...

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Christopher Madison, left, and Sgt. Aaron Meroney, explosive ordnance disposal technicians with Task Force Koa Moana (TF KM) 20, I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), uncover an ...

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific has played a vital role in major conflicts throughout the Pacific theater, tracing its ...

Before Cpl. Thomas "Cotton" Jones was killed by a Japanese sniper in the Central Pacific in 1944, he wrote what he called his "last life request" to anyone who might find his diary: Please give it to ...

When people think of World War II Marines, they probably think of John Basilone, "Pappy" Boyington or Chesty Puller. It's unlikely anyone thinks about Earl Hancock "Pete" Ellis. It's most likely ...

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Commanding the Pacific is from the author of Commanding Lincoln's Navy, Marshall and His Generals, and other notable works. Prof. Taaffe (Austin State) gives us a probing look at the principal Marine ...