Adams, when men from the government would call at her grandmother’s house in West Philadelphia, bringing news on the search for her son, Marines Cpl. Carlos Ashlock, who was declared missing in action ...

Suffering two broken legs and heavy bleeding, Capers continued fighting and directed his team in the counterattack.

Lawmakers have renewed an effort to award the Medal of Honor to Maj. James Capers Jr., a reconnaissance Marine who in 1967 led his nine-member team to safety despite being grievously wounded in the ...

His path to the Marine Corps and Vietnam might be traced to his days at the University of Illinois, where he studied after his youth and high school years in Barnhill, Illinois. “The Vietnam War ...

It’s a roll call for the ages at Morgantown High School. One including Thomas “Tommy” Bennett, Roger Bise, Major Dalton, Robert Hoskins, Howard Jackson and Dave Kovac. […] ...

Retired Marine Corps Maj. James Capers, Jr. received the Silver Star Medal in 2010 for actions in the Vietnam War. (Courtesy of Jim Capers) A bill recently introduced in Congress would upgrade a ...

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Fausto Cabrera, the sergeant major of Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, hands out sexual assault resources for Sexual Assault Awareness ...