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The USS Robert Kerrey will be an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the third named for a Navy SEAL after the USS Michael P...

Dr. Earl Russell Fox joined the Navy during World War II, stayed in the Naval Reserve after the war and then joined the Coast...

Col. James H. Harvey III, 101, was one of four Tuskegee Airmen who won the first U.S. Air Force Gunnery Meet in 1949.

Audie Murphy's one-man fight against the Nazis in Europe might seem like something straight out of a modern action movie, but...

Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson died in his sleep at his home in Auburn, California, on May 17, 2024, just a little over a year...

Chuck Mawhinney's record was an incredible achievement given the fact that he nearly didn't join the Marine Corps in the...

When acclaimed actor Gene Hackman ran away from his home in Danville, Illinois, to join the Marine Corps, his everyman...

Two-time Academy Award winner Gene Hackman, a Marine Corps veteran, was one of Hollywood's busiest and most respected actors...

Gene Hackman, the beloved star of stage, movies and television who served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the turbulent years...

Before Mel Brooks could complete his degree in psychology from Brooklyn College, he was drafted into the Army to fight during...