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- Legion of Merit created to recognize WWII Allies
- Air Transport Prior to The KC130
- Sen.-elect Webb earned Navy Cross in Vietnam
- Tarawa documentary won Academy Award
- The new cannon...
- Bearcat got good reviews in limited use with Corps
- Confederate States Marine Corps
- Original Silver Star awarded by the Army
- Marine Corps. Fighter 60 years later
- Officer’s WWII command required tough decisions
- POW medal recognizes hardships of captivity
- Hell Yes!
- Vietnam captain earned 2 Navy Crosses in 8 days: “Chesty”
- Marines used M1 Garand sniper variants in 2 wars
- For one Iwo surgeon, the fight was for brandy
- Marines called in to quell election-day riot in 1857
- Converted machine gun put sting in Iwo attacks
- Pilot displayed valor on rescue missions
- Poor replacement system at Iwo added to casualties
- WWII Art Collection
- Deceptive enemies rife in Corps’ long history
- Strange Ontos proved its worth in Hue City
- Marines were crucial to Saigon evacuation
- ‘March King’ Sousa led U.S. Marine Band to fame
- Gunboats pounded in Iwo recon mission
- The M50 ONTOS
- Leatherneck recruits forged at Parris Island since 1911
- Officer ignored his wounds to evacuate fellow Marines
- III Marine Amphibious Force Newspaper "Sea Tiger"
- ‘LethalLeatherneck’ helps train boxers to excel in ring
- In Every Climate and Place
- Marines helped seize Japan before formalized surrender
- Medal of Honor recipient cut swath across Iwo Jima
- Truman letter provoked ‘bitter’ Marine reaction
- Purple Heart celebrates two major anniversaries
- History of Dogtags
- Gen. Lejeune first Marine to lead an Army division
- For decades, troops lived by Colt’s stopping power
- Marine Scout Companies
- For decades, leatherneck pilots trained on Mentor
- During WWII, Marines fought in Europe, Africa
- It’s not bonus money, educational benefits or the chance to leave one’s hometown
- Counterinsurgency work earned Marines top medal
- Flamethrowing tanks gave U.S. edge on Iwo
- Marines took on African pirates in pitched battle
- Liberators took on bombing, recon missions in Pacific
- Officer used Arabic knowledge to work undercover in WWII
- Marine earned Navy Cross despite faulty machine gun
- Dogs first began working beside Marines in WWII
- Iwo Jima Memorial
- Brothers’ Corps experience stretches across four wars
- 24 December, 1941 - 24 Dec., 2007
- Marines saw limited action in War between the States
- Lt. Col. Harold W. Bauer - Guadalcanal Hero
- Military Films
- Marines' role in War of 1812
- Storied Lancers earn place in history
- Historical Military Films
- Marines Corps of 1805 had fewer than 500
- WWI ranks?
- Operation Distant Runner - Rwanda/Burundi
- COL James E Swett
- Marine Corps Base Hawaii
- Ellie's post, Documents show US considered using Nuclear Weapons
- Road Trip: Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia
- Mr. Know-it-all: Searching for John Philip Sousa
- U.S. Marine Corps - in the 20th century
- PFC Jacklyn H. Lucas
- No boot camp before being sent to Korea.
- Road Trip: Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina
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