This Month's Features
By: Capt James P Coan
Executive Editor’s note: The following article received second place in the 2024 Leatherneck Magazine Writing Contest. The award is provided through an endowment by the Colonel Charles E. Michaels Foundation and is being given in memory of Colonel William E....
By: Maj Skip Crawley, USMCR (Ret)
Executive Editor’s note: What’s old is new again. September marks 80 years since Marines fought and died on Peleliu. The island was taken as part of the Allies’ island hopping campaign during World War II. Peleliu has once again become...
By: Kyle Watts
On Aug. 7, 2004, the Marines and Mahdi Militia brawling over Najaf steeled themselves for the battle’s next phase. After two days of harrowing conflict in Najaf’s cemetery, the Marines realized how sorely outnumbered they were. Colonel Anthony Haslam, the...
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By: LtCol Robert J. Darling, USMC (Ret)
Editor's note: This story was originally published in the September 2011 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. Marine Major Robert J. Darling sat glued to the TV...
By: Capt James P Coan
Executive Editor’s note: The following article received second place in the 2024 Leatherneck Magazine Writing Contest. The award is provided through an endowment by the...
By: Maj Skip Crawley, USMCR (Ret)
Executive Editor’s note: What’s old is new again. September marks 80 years since Marines fought and died on Peleliu. The island was taken as part...
By: Kyle Watts
On Aug. 7, 2004, the Marines and Mahdi Militia brawling over Najaf steeled themselves for the battle’s next phase. After two days of harrowing conflict...
By: Christopher N. Blaker
Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the September 2020 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. It is being re-published in honor of Victory Over Japan Day...
By: Adam Walker
Editor’s note: The following article received an honorable mention in the 2022 Leatherneck Writing Contest. It is being re-published in honor of National Purple Heart...
By: Kyle Watts
Editor's note: This story originally was published in June of 2018. It was re-published in recognition of National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day on July...
By: Nancy S. Lichtman
After his second tour in Vietnam, Sergeant Rick Ault returned to the United States on a flight that landed in San Francisco. The soldiers and...
By: 1stLt Aaron Ellis, USMC
Executive Editor’s note: The following article received first place in the 2024 Leatherneck Magazine Writing Contest. The award is provided through an endowment by the...
By: Kyle Watts
Author’s note: This month marks the 20th anniversary of the battle in Najaf, Iraq, fought by the warriors of Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1st Battalion,...
By: Steven D. McCloud
Executive Editor’s note: This article is based on interviews and research done for the author’s book “Black Dragon: The Experience of a Marine Rifle Company...
By: Kipp Hanley
In 1961, in the sleepy town of Marshalls Creek, Pa., everybody knew the Huffmans. Unfortunately for Joel Huffman, the town was also familiar with his...
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