In February 1945, U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima expecting a difficult but relatively short fight. Instead, they encountered ...

Few military partnerships in history have proven as decisive — or as demanding — as the one between the United States Marine ...

Jim Justice reveals how a last-minute conversation with Martin Heinrich broke a partisan logjam to pass the Hershel Woody Williams monument bill.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The family of late Medal of Honor recipient Woody Williams is thrilled with the House of Representatives ...

After years of planning, the new Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum​ near Camp Ripley is nearly ready to open.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WOWK) – Legislation to honor the nation’s Medal of Honor recipients in the National Mall has now passed the ...

The following year marked another deadly one for terrorism. On June 25, 1996, a truck bomb exploded outside the U.S. military's Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The attack killed 19 U.S.

Basilone, a Raritan native, became a national hero for his extraordinary actions during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World ...

Commercial fleets and tankers tend to avoid the Amami-Oshima strait. China’s use of it and other channels is seen as an ...

Did demons create the first atomic bombs? Every August, debate renews over both the wisdom and the morality of dropping the two American atomic bombs, 81 years ago, on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima ...

Hundreds of U.S. Marines landed on the remote island of Iwo Jima today to prepare for the 65th anniversary of one of World War II's bloodiest ...