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Sgt. Luis Hernandez was serving in Marjah, Afghanistan with the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment when an IED exploded and nearly killed. He donated the flak jacket he was wearing at the time to the National Museum of the Marine Corps during Friday night’s Marjah Marines Reunion Dinner at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. - Sgt. Luis Hernandez was serving in Marjah, Afghanistan with the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment when an IED exploded and nearly killed. He donated the flak jacket he was wearing at the time to the National Museum of the Marine Corps during Friday night’s Marjah Marines Reunion Dinner at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

Marjah vet donates painful battle reminder to museum

Luis Hernandez can tell you the details as if they happened yesterday. It was Easter Sunday 2010 when the former Marine squad leader was leading a patrol in the southern Afghanistan town of Marjah when an improvised explosive device laden with glass, bullets, razors and bolts suddenly went off just a few feet in front of him, riddling nearly every part of his body with shrapnel

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Medal of Honor recipient William Kyle Carpenter, center, who was the Guest of Honor at Friday night’s Marjah Marines Reunion Dinner at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, poses for a picture with Gunnery Sgt. Matt Mata, left, and his 13-year-old son, Erin. Matt Mata served in Marjah as a staff sergeant with the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. - Medal of Honor recipient William Kyle Carpenter, center, who was the Guest of Honor at Friday night’s Marjah Marines Reunion Dinner at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, poses for a picture with Gunnery Sgt. Matt Mata, left, and his 13-year-old son, Erin. Matt Mata served in Marjah as a staff sergeant with the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.

Marjah veterans gather at NMMC for 5-year reunion

Some no longer wore the uniform, but, five years after taking part in one of the biggest battles in the Global War on Terror, they are all still Marines. Gathering at the National Museum of the Marine Corps for Friday night’s Marjah Marines Reunion Dinner, several hundred of the Marines, sailors and airmen who scored one of the most decisive victories in the war in Afghanistan joined family and friends in regaling over their many accomplishments in the face of a determined Taliban enemy while also remembering their fallen comrades. The dinner was the emotional climax of a three-day reunion aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico.

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Fifth Division Marines crawl toward Mount Suribachi - Fifth Division Marines crawl toward Mount Suribachi

World War II vets headed back to Iwo Jima, Young Marines make it possible

Medal of Honor recipient Herschel “Woody” Williams will be among the 15 World War II veterans headed back to Iwo Jima next month, and he has the Young Marines to thank for it. The veterans will be among those making the Iwo Jima Association of America’s “Reunion of Honor” trip next month. The weeklong trip, which will also include a stop in Guam, will take the aging warriors and several of their family members back to the site of some of the fiercest combat of the entire Pacific Theater.

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1st Lt. Elizabeth Stroud, combat engineer platoon commaner, Engineer Company, Combat logistics Battalion 3, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), speaks with Afghan citizens in Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, Dec. 7. - 1st Lt. Elizabeth Stroud, combat engineer platoon commaner, Engineer Company, Combat logistics Battalion 3, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), speaks with Afghan citizens in Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, Dec. 7.

Marjah veterans to reunite at Quantico five years later

An appearance by Medal of Honor recipient William Kyle Carpenter will highlight the upcoming fifth-year reunion of the Marines, soldiers, sailors and coalition forces who participated in one of the largest operations in the Global War on Terror.

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Fr. Vincent Capodanno was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Vietnam. The medal was donate by his family to the Marine Corps and will be displayed in the chapel at The Basic School. - Fr. Vincent Capodanno was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Vietnam. The medal was donate by his family to the Marine Corps and will be displayed in the chapel at The Basic School.

TBS to dedicate Capodanno MOH

The Medal of Honor belonging to Father Vincent Capodanno will be unveiled Tuesday at its new home at The Basic School that already bears his name. The 4 p.m. ceremony at the Capodanno Chapel, whose theme will appropriately be “Serving Alongside Marines,” will formally mark the local debut of the Medal of Honor posthumously awarded to the Navy lieutenant who gallantly gave his own life for the Marines with whom he served during the Vietnam War. The Capodanno family donated the Medal of Honor to TBS in September to assure that it would be properly taken care of and displayed prominently.

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