Netflix adapts Marine’s coming-of-age memoir in new series ‘Boots’
The series, premiering Thursday, follows a closeted gay teenager as he enlists in the Marine Corps and navigates boot camp in the 1990s.
By Clay Beyersdorfer
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Lt. Col. George E. Hardy, youngest Tuskegee Airman, dies at 100
Hardy was the last surviving combat pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen who served overseas.
Upcoming WWII series from Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks inks star director
The director is also at the helm of the upcoming James Bond Film, “No Time to Die.”
WATCH: A lethal new side of COVID, and a plan to close Parris Island? — The Briefing, 10.1.20
New data suggests military suicide numbers have taken alarming jump in the time of COVID-19. The Marines look at closing Parris Island as they move toward integrated training platoons. Military Times tags along in one of the last two B-29s still flying, and a story of Vietnam heroism that may be worthy of a Medal of Honor. All that and more on The Briefing for 10.1.20.
By Ben Murray
8 surviving members of famed Merrill’s Marauders to receive Congressional Gold Medal
The recognition by Congress shines “a light on that forgotten theater in the Pacific that was so crucial in defeating the Japanese. We did it because our country needed us.”
This non-profit organization works to recover WWII MIAs still missing
Friday marks 41 years since then President Jimmy Carter proclaimed a national day of remembrance for those Americans captured or still missing from war.
By Jared Morgan
Eisenhower Memorial honors president, WWII Allied commander in chief
President Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower will be honored Sept. 17 at the long-awaited opening ceremony of the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington D.C.
By Jared Morgan
Famed Iwo Jima flags at National Museum of the Marine Corps for 2 weeks as it reopens
The flags will be on display for only two weeks.
By Jared Morgan
This Black D-Day vet deserves the Medal of Honor, say legislators who are trying to make it happen
Woodson’s supporters say a memo unearthed in 2015 indicates he was originally considered for the Medal of Honor, but ultimately did not receive it due to his skin color.
By Kyle Rempfer
Esper punctuates WWII commemoration remarks with a warning to China
Defense Secretary Mark Esper finished his Indo-Pacific trip with remarks at the 75th anniversary commemoration of the end of World War II aboard the battleship where it happened.
Robert Kehoe, ‘Jedburgh’ radioman who jumped into Nazi-controlled France after D-Day, has died
Robert Kehoe, a radioman in the clandestine Office of Strategic Services "Jedburgh" teams during WWII, passed away Friday at the age of 98.
By Jared Morgan