On Nov. 10, Marines and veterans ... combat and the Marine Corps’ ethos. “If you think combat is great, then you haven’t been there,” said retired Gen. Walter Boomer, a two-time Vietnam ...

Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric M. Smith, pins Cpl. Daniel Heller, a Vietnam veteran ... Heller wore a black-and-gold Purple Heart combat veteran ballcap as he received the Navy Cross.

CLEVES, Ohio (ENQUIRER) - Daniel Leroy “Duke” Heller spent 13 months and eight days in Vietnam as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps ... of the military branch for “valor in combat ...

PEKIN, Ill. (WMBD) — American flags now adorn the road leading to the Marine Corps League in Pekin, in honor of Stan Newell, a Vietnam War veteran who was a Prisoner of War (POW) for nearly six ...

Residents in Arvin proved that statement true when they gathered Friday to honor the life of Vietnam veteran ... States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, where he saw quite a bit of combat ...

That was 55 years ago, yet the veteran ... Vietnam collapsed two years later. During the war, 40,934 American troops died in combat, with 11,501 of those losses coming from the Marine Corps ...

Its 25 battle streamers carried over to the combat team’s flag during ... 4th Marines, in 1930, according to the Marine Corps. It saw action in World War II, the Vietnam War and both Gulf ...

PETOSKEY — Nearly 55 years after serving in Vietnam ... enlist in the military before he was drafted. In November 1965, he made his way to Traverse City and joined the Marine Corps so he ...

(WPBN/WGTU) -- A Vietnam ... this veteran went through during his three months in country,” Bergman said. “As we both know, combat Health Records in the United States Marine Corps service ...