Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Update: The John Basilone Memorial Parade scheduled Sunday in Raritan Borough has been canceled due to the weather forecast, event ...

The Navy is scheduled to announce next week at Camp Pendleton that a future warship will be named after John Basilone, a Marine World War II hero. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is scheduled to announce ...

RARITAN BOROUGH – Earl Miller wasn't sure why he joined the Marine Corps. He knew he had something to prove to himself, and with the inspiration from a neighbor's Marine son, Miller thought joining ...

The US Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS John Basilone, has been commissioned. DDG 122 became the 74th ship of her class and the second ship to bear the namesake of John ...

RARITAN — Now entering its fourth decade, the John Basilone Parade in Raritan has seen few major changes over the years. There are still concerts featuring the U.S. Marine band the day before the ...

A warship named in honor of a legendary Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient was delivered to the Navy this week. The USS John Basilone, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, has been transferred to a ...

(Marine Corps Times) -- The Navy is naming ships after World War II legend Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone and gay rights icon Lt.j.g. Harvey Milk in separate ceremonies next week. (Marine Corps ...

Don Basilone last saw his brother John at a Raritan Borough parade in 1943, as his hero sibling was honored for earning the Medal of Honor for gallantry at the 1942 Battle at Guadalcanal in World War ...

John Basilone: An article in Monday’s Calendar section about John Basilone, whose death on Iwo Jima was marked on the HBO series “The Pacific,” described him as a Congressional Medal of Honor ...