In June 1940, Foss hitchhiked 300 miles to Minneapolis to enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve so he could join the Naval ...
In September 1942, during World War II, a small force of U.S. Marines defended a narrow jungle ridge on Guadalcanal against repeated Japanese assaults. Outnumbered and exhausted, fewer than 1,000 ...
Promoted to first lieutenant, DeBlanc suffered a temporary setback on Jan. 29, 1943, when his Wildcat suffered engine trouble ...