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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
One of the newest ships in the U.S. Navy fleet is named for a war hero from New Jersey. The ship is named for Raritan’s John Basilone. Some of the sailors from that ship made a trek to Somerset County ...
He was the only enlisted Marine in World War II to receive the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. Basilone was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jima, after which he was ...
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 ...
This Memorial Day, you could have done much worse than remember John Basilone. Eighty years ago, the U.S. military was grinding it out from one Japanese-held Pacific island to another in a brutal, ...