For individual gallantry . . .
This is a photograph of the U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor. The Navy and Marine Corps Medal of Honor is our country’s oldest continuously awarded decoration.
"I'd like to be a mascot"
During World War II, the Marines distinguished themselves on land, sea and in the air. Daring attacks and rescues were well covered in the paper and in newsreels....
Integrating women into a peacetime military
In 1948, Congress passed the “Women's Armed Services Integration Act,” allowing women to serve in the military during peacetime for the first time in U.S....
Lee H. Oswald during his enlistment as a Marine
Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine, worked at the book depository. He was arrested for Kennedy’s assassination on November 22. On November 24, while in police...
Passing through
Interstate 5 passes through Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California. Acquired by the Marine Corps in 1942, the base today has more than 2,600 buildings and 500 miles...
Real men fight
On Howard Chandler Christy’s World War I poster, a beautiful young woman in a marine sergeant’s uniform beckons volunteers to join the Marines. During World War...
Running for his life
On the island of Okinawa, a U.S. Marine braves Japanese machine gun fire while dashing across “Death Valley” on May 10, 1945. Crossing this valley cost the...