coming up just as soon as I make a table appear out of thin air... After three harrowing episodes focusing on Sledge's time on Peleliu, "The Pacific" takes a sharp right turn, leaving Sledge and Snafu ...
Seventy-five years ago today, Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone was killed in action during the battle of Iwo Jima and posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for heroism — making him the first and only enlisted ...
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A Marine who was killed in action during an extraordinarily brave stand on Iwo Jima 80 years ago was recognized with a plaque at the Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial on ...
SAN DIEGO — A Marine Corps hero was honored Wednesday, 80 years after he died in World War II. The legendary Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone, who died at the Battle of Iwo Jima, now has a dedicated ...
A proud Marine Corps name will return to the U.S. fleet. The Navy will again sail a destroyer honoring John Basilone, more than four decades after the first was decommissioned. Young Marines are ...
Sixty years and nearly nine months after Sgt. John Basilone died on the sands of Iwo Jima, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a commemorative stamp Thursday honoring the Buffalo-born war hero -- the ...
A warship named in honor of a legendary Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient was delivered to the Navy this week. The USS John Basilone, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, has been transferred to a ...