Veterans

Shay was awarded the Silver Star for repeatedly plunging into the sea and carrying critically wounded soldiers to relative safety.

Cpl. Bell seemingly learned about food efficiency when feeding hordes of Marines while island hopping in the Pacific.

Operation 85, a family advocacy group, has worked tirelessly the past two years to obtain the DNA of 643 descendents of those onboard the USS Arizona.

While fighting on Tinian Pvt. Joseph Ozbourn sacrificed his life to save four fellow Marines.

At just 14 years old, Jacklyn “Jack” Lucas forged his mother’s signature to join the Marine Corps.

Retired Col. Robert L. Stirm, the man featured in the famous Vietnam War Pulitzer Prize-winning photo “Burst of Joy” has died.

After Nuremberg, U.S. military policy stated troops have a duty to disobey orders “a man of ordinary sense and understanding would know to be illegal.”