The Vietnam War wasn’t just fought in the dense jungles and muddy rice fields of Southeast Asia — it was felt in the homes ...

The bios of the veterans who took part in Honor Flight 63 on Saturday are listed below. They were read off prior to their departure to Washington, D.C., to visit the various war monuments there.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily ... wearing what appear to be baseball catcher’s leg guards. “U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, ...

By 1975, as Sergeant Major of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, Marty took part in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon, and Operation Eagle Pull, the evacuation of Phnom Penh.

In 2011, Michael Haft, who grew up summers on Nantucket, was in Afghanistan, a weapons platoon commander with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, nicknamed “The Walking Dead.” Haft emailed his ...

Heller was leading 3rd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment when the NVA ambush kicked off to push the Marines from their position, according to a narrative of Heller ...

He was a member of the 1st Battalion 9th Marines the Walking Dead. He continued to serve in the Marine Corps Reserve until 1985.

Seven Marines, who were all members of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, lost their lives.

Freshly back from a four-month deployment to Kuwait that ended in January 2013, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, had been training at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in nearby ...

1st to fight: Pacific War Marinesis available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku ...