A U.S. Marine with North Korean prisoners of war in Korea in 1953. (U.S. Marine Corps photo) At the end of World War II, the Korean Peninsula was occupied in the North by the forces of the Soviet ...

The Korean War — also referred to as "The Forgotten War" — claimed about 37,000 American lives. More than 92,000 U.S. troops were wounded and 8,000 reported missing, the Department of Defense ...

Maj. Gen. Valerie Jackson, commander of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Korea, speaks during a ceremony commemorating the Battle of Dosol Mountain during the 1950-53 Korean War on June 14, 2025, in ...

William Marvin Parks, a 94-year-old Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War spent one of his last days as the guest of honor at a June 3 celebration in Tennessee marking the Marine Corps’ 250th ...

During the Korean War, the First Marine Division met the enemy at Chosin mountain reservoir in subfreezing temperatures. Out of ammunition, Marines called in for 60mm mortar ammo; code name ...

The Hoover Institution celebrated the 249th birthday of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) by honoring two retired Marines on Friday. First up was 96-year old Korean War veteran Merrill Grim.

In the pocket of his uniform jacket, David Arellano still had his train ticket home on January 24, 1951 after serving with the U.S. Marine Corps in Korea, Wednesday Oct. 14, 2015, Tucson, Ariz ...

Members of the Bayonne Police Department gathered Thursday to salute the funeral procession of retired Lieutenant Owen ...

The service has taken part in every U.S. war since, serving notable roles in the War of 1812, both world wars, the Korean War, ... The Marine Corps’ 248th year was marked by change, ...

Marine Corps Pfc. Walter P. Cribben was frantic. His identical twin, Pvt. James J. Cribben, was with an outfit that had just been overrun by thousands of Chinese soldiers. It was March 1953, at a ...