Sixty years and nearly nine months after Sgt. John Basilone died on the sands of Iwo Jima, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a commemorative stamp Thursday honoring the Buffalo-born war hero -- the ...
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 ...
The United States Navy commissioned a new destroyer over the weekend in New York City, and it was named after legendary World War II hero U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone. Appropriately, the ...
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works delivered the USS John Bassilone to the US Navy on July 8. The ship is a Flight IIA variant of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. By Jeff Schogol Published Jul 10, 2024 3 ...
SAN DIEGO — A Marine Corps hero was honored Wednesday, 80 years after he died in World War II. The legendary Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone, who died at the Battle of Iwo Jima, now has a dedicated ...
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, ...