In June 1918, American Marines were thrown into brutal combat at Belleau Wood as German forces pushed toward Paris. Fighting through dense forests under constant machine gun fire, poison gas, and ...
During World War II, the Battle of Iwo Jima exposed a brutal problem for U.S. Marines: Japanese bunkers, tunnels, and interlocking fire turned the black sand beaches into a killing zone, and standard ...
Additional US Marines being sent to Haiti to defend the embassy from gang attacks face a grim reality: They’re increasingly being targeted by American-made, military-grade firearms. Haiti doesn’t ...