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The Battle of Khe Sanh: A Fourth Touchstone Battle for the Marine Corps

By: Brian Nielson

FIRST-PLACE WINNER: Leatherneck Magazine Writing Contest Executive Editor’s note: The following article received 1st place in the 2025 Leatherneck Magazine Writing Contest. The award is...

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A Corps Experience: Hollywood Writer Graham Roland Got His Start as a Marine

By: LtCol Joel Searls, USMCR

In 2000, Hollywood scriptwriter Graham Roland enrolled in college, halfheartedly taking classes at Cal State-Fullerton when he decided he needed a challenge. He wanted to become...

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The Great Hagaru-ri Airlift: Six Momentous Days in the Korean War 

By: CAPT Eugene H. Ginchereau, MC, USNR (Ret) and André B. Sobocinski

On Nov. 27, 1950, the 5th and 7th Regiments of the 1st Marine Division were in Yudam-ni, a mountain hamlet on the western side of...

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Steel Curtain: The Ambush of Second Platoon

By: Kyle Watts

In July 2005, the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) put to sea from California with Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, embarked. The...

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Uncovering the Origins of Marine Corps Birthday Celebrations

By: LtCol Brad Anderson, USMC (Ret), and Katie Cashwell

On Nov. 10 across the globe each year, Marines in every clime and place don dress blues with freshly mounted medals and slip on high-gloss...

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The Rifle, the Creed And the General: Honoring the Legacy Of Major General William H. Rupertus

By: Amy R. Peacock

In March 1942, just months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Marine Corps Chevron published a short but powerful piece titled “My Rifle: The...

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The Battle of the Emerald Wadi

By: Maj Clinton A. Culp, USMC (Ret)

From the Leatherneck Archives: March 2015 Editor’s note: The following article, written by the commander of Weapons Company, pro-vides a firsthand account of 3rd Battalion, 6th...

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Team Rubicon Answers the Call After the Texas Floods

By: LtCol Joel Searls, USMCR

Team Rubicon has made a name for itself by leading from the front and being on the ground in some of the world’s largest and...

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All Guns Blazin': The Legend of Sgt Matthew Abbate

By: Kyle Watts

Author’s note: By the time I left active duty in 2013, I knew the name “Abbate.” Sergeant Matthew Abbate posthumously received the Navy Cross in...

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Homefront Heroes: Marines Recall Lifesaving Actions During Hurricane Katrina

By: Kyle Watts

The Iraq war didn’t go as planned for Jerod Murphy, but it started out the way any Marine might have hoped. He was there at...

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The Storm is Over

By: R. R. Keene

From the Leatherneck Archives: April 1991   It was all but over in 100 hours. Saddam Hussein, in his bunker, still babbled something about his...

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The Ring: A Tale of Tragedy, Love And Serendipity

By: Kipp Hanley

In the fall of 1972, First Lieutenant Henry N. Pilger was 24 years old, a newly minted Marine Corps aviator, husband and first-time father. Known...

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