Richard Carey formed leadership skills in Grove City and Columbus that would frame a distinguished 38-year military career ...

He later transferred to the Marine Corps, rising from sergeant ... and completing 204 combat sorties in Vietnam. An apex of his service was commanding the 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade during ...

Returning to the U.S., Leonard was serving as a drill sergeant at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, nearing retirement from the ...

South Jersey veterans advocate Marco Polo Smigliani will be honored Saturday with the renaming and dedication of Egg Harbor Township's Swift Drive as Marco Polo Smigliani Purple Heart Way.

In 1967, he attended Field Medical Service School at Camp LeJeune, NC, before deploying to South Vietnam as a Hospital Corpsman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines (1/9), I Corps ...

Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War ... the already bloodied Viet Cong 9th Division. On Feb. 28, Leonard’s platoon ...

In Oct. 2024, William earned his 9th Dan, making him one of the highest ... The World War II United States Marine Corps Veterans also received several certificates from US Rep.