In November 1943, Kines fought with his fellow Marines on a small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island from the Japanese. Over several ...
Indiana high school student Jacob Dalton Stanley graduated in December from Crown Point High School. He completed Marine boot camp days before, and flew home to attend his senior class’ graduation ceremony. Jacob arrived in ...
21-year-old Lance Corporal Carpenter was a member of a platoon-sized coalition force deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. Carpenter and a fellow Marine were manning a rooftop security position when the enemy initiated a daylight attack ...
One mom knows exactly what feeling I’m talking about. Her beloved sons are away serving in the military; one was in the U.S. Army, the other in the U.S. Navy. Every year the family enjoyed ...
When Lani was separated from her daughters, Starla and Jeannie, the girls were only two and three years old. It was as hard on the girls as it was for their mom. Starla tells ABC News, ...
The little girl’s dad sent her a very special present. As she opens the box, she has a big smile on her face. But when she sees the special feature that the present has, her ...
This stepdad has just returned home from deployment – but not everyone in the family is aware! The clip starts with the camera man explaining their plan, and you can’t help but feel the excitement as ...
Natalie’s mom Valerie was the special guest speaker at Natalie’s Tuesday morning assembly at Okte Elementary School in Clifton Park, New York. Natalie joined her mom to read her favorite children’s book ‘Hero Dad’ to ...
One day, Bridget opened her front door to find that it was freezing inside, and she quickly realized that the furnace had died. Everyone who has owned a home knows that a broken furnace can ...
Ashley was at the hospital to offer her husband support, when a woman in a wheelcair rolled in. The old woman had come to the emergency room, but had been sent out of the waiting ...