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1) TIME TO GO HOME! In June/July 1944, United States Marine Corps Corporal Marvin Strombo took part in the Battle of Saipan in the Mariana Islands. After weeks of fierce

1) Badly wounded, this Marine used his e-tool to knock grenades back at the enemy. Hector Cafferatta, a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, would

1) THREE OF A KIND! During World War II, many American soldiers thought they were going insane when they kept seeing the same medical technician in several places at once.

1) THE SAINT OF AUSCHWITZ! When the Nazis invaded Poland, Father Maximilian Kolbe was one of the few priests who remained in his monastery and denounced Nazi activities. He was

1) ONE FINGER SALUTE! History is written by men like this! Leading the fight is U.S. Marine Gunnery Sergeant Michael Burghardt of Fountain Valley, California, known as "Iron Mike" or

1) After watching 5 other choppers get shot down, Warrant Officer Marion L. Mark didn't hesitate to take over the mission. He piloted his resupply Huey over the area where

1) United States Marine Corps Corporal Jeremiah W. Workman led three assaults into a Fallujah house to eliminate the enemy inside and rescue isolated Marines. Twenty-four insurgents lay dead in

1) THE FLYING COYOTE! Remembering Captain John "Wild Bill" Crump of Washington, and "Jeep", the only coyote who flew in combat during WWII. After graduating from high school, Bill

1) HIS LONGEST DAY! Remembering "Bing" of Loughborough, England, a four-legged hero who jumped over Normandy on D-Day. During WWII, this Alsatian-collie cross served his country with the 13th

1) I'd like to take a moment to honor my Dad, John Joseph Creamer on the 31st anniversary of his death (Memorial Day,1989) and his Marines of the First Marine

1) Tribute: Camaraderie in the Corps,1968 - What Grunts Looked for in a Leader. The period from June 1967 thru June 1968 was a brutal time for rifle battalions in

1) United States Army Private Thomas Alexander Baker from Troy, New York, landed on the Island of Saipan with the 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division on 19 June,1944. His