Home of the Marines of Suicide Charley
Home of the Marines of Suicide Charley
Copyright 2021 WBAY. All rights reserved. LENA, Wis. (WBAY) – Normally, veteran memorials are found in parks or cemeteries. But for Marine veteran Mike Vizer, who served from 1989 to 1993, you can find one in his front yard in…
Jack WellsApril 2019 Orignal Story Posted: Historynet.com In February 1968, eight Marines volunteered for a suicide mission After 32 casualties during the first 30 hours of Operation Pursuit, initiated in mid-February 1968 by the 1st Marine Division to search for…
COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 7TH MARINES, AND THE BATTLE FOR HENDERSON FIELD, 24–25 OCTOBER 1942 By: Major Gary Gozzens, USMCR (Retired) The 1st Marine Division (1st MarDiv) landed on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on 7 August 1942, and during the next…
When I was going through and cleaning out some of my saved military documents (classes, pme, MCI’s, etc) I came across this unique document named “We Were Soldiers After Action Report”. Thinking that I’ve never actually opened it, could this…