Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Update: The John Basilone Memorial Parade scheduled Sunday in Raritan Borough has been canceled due to the weather forecast, event ...

RARITAN BOROUGH – Earl Miller wasn't sure why he joined the Marine Corps. He knew he had something to prove to himself, and with the inspiration from a neighbor's Marine son, Miller thought joining ...

A warship named in honor of a legendary Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient was delivered to the Navy this week. The USS John Basilone, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, has been transferred to a ...

The statue honors one of New Jersey's great war heroes - World War II Marine Corps legend Sgt. John Basilone.

coming up just as soon as I make a table appear out of thin air... After three harrowing episodes focusing on Sledge's time on Peleliu, "The Pacific" takes a sharp right turn, leaving Sledge and Snafu ...

John Basilone earned the Medal of Honor at Guadalcanal after keeping his machine guns firing through repeated Japanese ...

Near the end of their grueling 13 weeks at boot camp in San Diego, Marine recruits are taken into the hills of Camp Pendleton for a 54-hour gut check called the Crucible to see if they still have the ...

The US Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS John Basilone, has been commissioned. DDG 122 became the 74th ship of her class and the second ship to bear the namesake of John ...

John Basilone: An article in Monday’s Calendar section about John Basilone, whose death on Iwo Jima was marked on the HBO series “The Pacific,” described him as a Congressional Medal of Honor ...

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RARITAN — World War II hero John "Manila John" Basilone, one of the borough's favorite sons, will be honored on Sunday with the 33rd annual John Basilone Memorial Parade. Basilone is the only United ...