The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...

Patrick Zilliacus, Navy Csm Delmar Beard, and Marine Corps’ Charles H ... I think every one of us was like a staff sergeant or E6,” Beard recalled. “We had those jobs to do and that ...

29—Barbara Nylund, Colonel, US ... the US Marine Corps as he was promoting his book that described the invaluable skills that helped the US Military outsmart Japanese intelligence in WWII.

A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack ...

The Imperial Navy founded the Kamikaze Tokko Tai, which translates as Divine Wind Special Attack Corps, and the Imperial ... the rail beneath the flag. Marine rifle guards gave a gun salute ...

The smokejumpers were equipped with wildland firefighting gear, including a football-style leather helmet with a grill in front and ... "A true American." U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former wildland ...