Editor's note: It has come to our attention that Lt. Col. Sam Folsom is happily not the only surviving World War II Marine Corps pilot. Stay tuned to Military.com for a follow-up on this story. Sam ...

Marines across the country are set to gather for the 246th birthday of the Marine Corps on Saturday Nov. 6. But for a group of Camp Pendleton veterans, the celebration will be especially poignant.

CHINO, Calif. (KABC) -- He's a veteran who gets to go back in time to see the warplanes that made him a World War II hero. Now, to commemorate a milestone birthday, Harold Kramer shared his stories of ...

During John Vollinger’s 37 months in the Marine Corps during World War II, much of which was spent in combat in the South Pacific, he didn’t think too far ahead. And he never thought about living to ...

Sgt. Maj. William Carter, the sergeant major of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, uses a World War II–era M2 flame thrower to burn last season’s Christmas trees at Elliot’s Beach Feb. 1.

Florence Alva Bieber, who served in the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve during World War II, was recently honored on her 100th birthday by the Women’s Veterans of Berks County. State Rep. Mark Gillen, ...

Navajo code talker John Kinsel, Sr. celebrated a major milestone earlier this year — his 106th birthday. Who were the World War II Navajo Code Talkers? During World War II, the U.S. Marines selected a ...

When World War II Marine Corps hero Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, who was based at Camp Pendleton, received the Medal of Honor, the country’s highest military award in 1942, he was said to have ...