Battle of Tinian
By the summer of 1944, the United States was pushing steadily across the Central Pacific toward Japan. Saipan had fallen after weeks of savage fighting. The next objective la…
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Marine Corps’ M60A1 Tanks in Desert Storm
When American forces went to war against Iraq in 1991, the U.S. Army entered battle with the M1 Abrams. Many United States Marines went to war in something considerably older. …
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The M274 Mechanical Mule
It wasn't fast. It wasn't armored. It didn't even offer much of a seat. But during the Vietnam War, the strange little vehicle known as the **M274 Mechanical Mule** became one o…
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Carlos Hathcock: White Feather
Few Marine Corps snipers have become as legendary as **Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Norman Hathcock II**. During the Vietnam War, Hathcock became known for extraordinary patience, fi…
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The Battle of Saipan
On June 15, 1944, thousands of United States Marines came ashore on **Saipan**, beginning one of the most important and brutal battles of the Pacific War. The island was only ab…
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Operation Starlite
On August 18, 1965, thousands of United States Marines launched **Operation Starlite**, a massive assault against the 1st Viet Cong Regiment near Van Tuong, south of the Marine bas…
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F4U Corsair: The Bent-Wing Fighter Marines Took to War
Few aircraft are as instantly recognizable as the **Vought F4U Corsair**. Its enormous propeller, long nose and distinctive inverted gull wings gave it a silhouette unlike almos…
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The Battle of Dai Do
For several days in May 1968, a small force of United States Marines fought a brutal series of battles against a much larger North Vietnamese force near the Demilitarized Zone in S…
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Marine Snipers in Vietnam
They often worked in pairs. They carried rifles capable of reaching farther than the standard infantryman's weapon, moved quietly through terrain controlled by the enemy and som…
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The 15-Year-Old Marine Killed in Vietnam
When Private First Class Dan Bullock was killed in Vietnam on June 7, 1969, the Marine lying dead on the battlefield was younger than anyone around him realized. He was just **1…
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Edson’s Raiders at Bloody Ridge
In September 1942, the Guadalcanal campaign was barely a month old. The United States Marines held a fragile perimeter around **Henderson Field**, the captured airstrip that had…
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The Marine Corps in the Boxer Rebellion
At the dawn of the 20th century, long before the Marines fought at Belleau Wood, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, or the Chosin Reservoir, United States Marines found themselves fighting tho…
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