Current Issue

A U.S. Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) Cobra dispenses flares during tests at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif. Dispensing flares proved a good defense for heat-seeking missiles, but antiaircraft fire presented different problems.

(Photo courtesy of Capt Behm)

Mac Foster

(Jason Breidenbach)

PFC “Stud” Kimbal, a Johnson light machine-gunner, shows off his new weapon. “We were air delivery,” recalled retired MSgt Fritz Gemeinhardt, “but we still had all of our weapons. We were former paratroopers ready to serve as regular infantrymen.”

(Courtesy of MSgt Fritz Gemeinhardt, USMC (Ret))

FEATURES:

12 Vietnam: Bringing Jerry and Al Home
By Elaine Zimmer Davis
Closure draws nigh for the families of an F-4 Phantom crew downed 40 years ago in the jungles of Vietnam.
18 The War on Terror
Edited by R. R. Keene
The full force of the Task Force Leatherneck air-ground team hits the Taliban in Afghanistan while Marines in Iraq continue to press the attack.
28 Mac Foster: The Fighting Marine From Fresno
By David H. Hugel
A hard-hitting, combat-proven leatherneck discovers he’s a darned good heavyweight boxer, turns pro and, as a top contender, goes toe to toe with Muhammed Ali.
32 Fallujah Shoot Down! Cobra Gunships Ambushed
By Dick Camp and Capt Dale R. Behm, USMC
Tallying two Cobras in one day might have briefly lifted enemy morale, but they paid!
36 World War II: Eaton Kenneth Goldthwaite—Top Sergeant and 10 Feet Tall
By Bill Parks
Marine Bombing Squadron 433’s top sergeant was a hero to newly arriving pilots.
38 Post of the Corps: “The Dublin”—Embassy Marines in Ireland
By P.T. Brent
A select group of Marines experience Ireland’s culture and grow with the opportunity.
42 Corps Album
By Nancy Lee White Hoffman
Photographs from the bottom of readers’ old footlockers tell more of the Corps’ rich history.

Advertising	From The Field
	PHOTOS
	3d Battalion, 8th Marines, 3d Platoon, India Company
	AFGHANISTAN BLOG
	The Latest From Leatherneck's Stewart Nusbaumer The Cook Is On Fire! See photos.

Advertising