The ship bears the name of a Buffalo native and marine who served during World War II. John Basilone won the medal of honor for heroism during the Battle of Henderson Field at Guadalcanal one of the ...

Update: The John Basilone Memorial Parade scheduled Sunday in Raritan Borough has been canceled due to the weather forecast, event organizers announced Friday. The parade committee will meet in a few ...

After being canceled last year due to rain, the only parade in the country that honors a war hero is returning to Raritan. The annual John Basilone Parade honoring former Raritan resident, World War ...

Could the Real Christopher Columbus Please Step Forward? We remember the likes of John Basilone to honor his sacrifice and to remind us of the blood and toil that has kept us safe and free. This ...

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 ...

The decision to have the seventh Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for the late Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi continues to be controversial. The same certainly can’t be said of ...

As a boy on the streets of Raritan, N.J., John Basilone used to run alongside the Italian peddlers’ carts, shouting at the top of his voice, “Any vegetables today, lady?” John was a lively boy; he had ...

This Memorial Day, you could have done much worse than remember John Basilone. Eighty years ago, the U.S. military was grinding it out from one Japanese-held Pacific island to another in a brutal, ...