PFC Maurice E. Prince, a New Bedford Marine killed in action during the Battle of Saipan in WWII, is honored by the 77th Lights for Peace flag.

Wounded in the shoulder and ordered to retire from combat, Pfc. Delbert Tuttle refused to leave his fellow U.S. Marines as his unit invaded the Japanese-held island of Saipan during World War II. The ...

This is in response to Dean Minnich’s recent column “Maybe it’s time we got rid of some traditions.” Minnich said “I knew I was in for bad times when I heard ordinary, everyday Americans — people who ...

In June 1944 during World War II, Japanese tanks charged Marine lines on Saipan believing their armor would protect them. The ...

Robert Ford Jr., 97, wiry and still ramrod tall like the soldier he once was, pads through his terraced backyard garden, pointing out the lush fall crop of arugula, lettuce and beets. An Arkansas boy ...

After Barbara Dyer of Chisago City, Minn., died at age 86 in 2019, her family buried her at the Fairview Cemetery in Lindstrom. Four years later, her family gathered again as Dyer’s brother, U.S.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Even after seven decades, Wilfred "Spike" Mailloux won't talk about surviving a bloody World War II battle unless longtime friend John Sidur is by his side. It was Sidur ...

CONCORD, Ohio — As the nation marks Independence Day on Thursday, a Lake County family will observe the occasion as they have for decades: in solemn reflection. July 4 marks 80 years since a young ...

Members of a U.S. Marine Corps honor guard salute during services for U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Arthur B. Ervin, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

Wounded in the shoulder and ordered to retire from combat, Pfc. Delbert Tuttle refused to leave his fellow U.S. Marines as his unit invaded the Japanese-held island of Saipan during World War II.