Yes, this is the 80th anniversary of the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima. This island was critical in the war against fanatic Japanese. Victory took over five weeks – Feb. 19-March 26. The cost taken ...

No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the US Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima,” according to a news release from Stories Behind the Stars. “In terms of its combat brutality and ...

Gene Hackman, the beloved star of stage, movies and television who served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the turbulent years following World War II, has died at 95.

Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and ...

Hackman's prolific career - including performances in Unforgiven (1992), Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and I Never Sang for My ...

Gene Hackman joked that he was “at least seventh choice” to play Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in The French Connection. After years ...