Over half a million visitors per year come to the D.C. metro area to view the Corps’ proud 238-year history.   More »

U.S. Navy air power shattered Japanese carrier based strength in a one-sided battle during the invasions of Saipan, Guam, and Titian.   More »

Jisaburo Ozawa sought to cripple Mitscher’s Task Force 58 in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, which became known as the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot.   More »

The Japanese battleship Yamato became ‘one for the pelicans’ as U.S. Navy planes pummeled the giant in the East China Sea.   More »

Aboard the USS Franklin, Father O’Callahan provided comfort and courage during her darkest hour.   More »

Where did World War I take place? Because of its many fronts on the land, sea and air, some consider it the first truly global conflict.   More »

For the first time, bestselling author Patrick K. O’Donnell provides a narrative history of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the battlefield exploits of the hand-selected Body Bearers who laid him to rest in THE UNKNOWNS: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who   More »

The United States 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine divisions faced their sternest trials by fire in the month long battle to take the island of Iwo Jima.   More »

Clifton Cates was a tenacious Marine in
World War I who rose through the ranks to become commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps.   More »

A powerful typhoon wreaked havoc with the U.S. Navy’s task force 38 in December 1944. It would be followed shortly after by a second.   More »