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Posts
- Guadalcanal: What Japan Could Have Done to Win
After Savo Island, the Japanese had the Marines isolated and beachable. They squandered it. A look at why the Solomons turned the tide of the Pacific.
- Born to Lead, Forged in Battle: Lewis Burwell 'Chesty' Puller
Lewis Burwell 'Chesty' Puller — five Navy Crosses, the legend at Henderson Field and Chosin, and the complicated, compassionate man behind the most decorated Marine in Corps history.
- Celebrating the Legacy of the UH-1 Huey
From Bell Model 204 to the modern UH-1Y — the most recognized helicopter in the world and the doctrine of air mobility it carried into Ia Drang and beyond.
Battles
- The Battle of Hue: Another Example of USMC Tenacity
Vietnam War · 1968
- Belleau Wood, 1918: The Battle That Made Marines Famous
World War I · 1918
- Forgotten Valor: The Heroic Defense of Wake Island
World War II · 1941