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Samuel Meyer, 99, received France’s highest decoration by Laurent Bili, the country’s ambassador to the US

WWII veteran Samuel Meyer, who still puts in a few days a week at Meyer the Hatter, the business started by his grandfather in 1894, was awarded the rank of chevalier, or knight, of the National Order of the Legion of Honor. The French government honored Meyer during a ceremony Tuesday in New Orleans.

Meyer is honored with the award for his work as an aircraft armorer, responsible for loading P-38 fighter planes with bullets, and bombs, helping liberate France.

Next week, in a ceremony at the National World War II Museum, Samuel Meyer will receive the French Legion of Honor for his long-ago service in World War II. Its

This week, in a ceremony at the National World War II Museum, Samuel Meyer will receive the French Legion of Honor for his long-ago service in World War II. It’s the highest award bestowed by France.

The South Korean military wants more U.S. Marines to participate in annual large-scale amphibious training on and around the Korean Peninsula.

The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s recently-completed deployment across the Pacific started out with the Marine Corps’ first operational deployment of a full squadron of F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters and closed out with a sinking of an old warship during an exercise in the South China Sea. “We had a wildly successful deployment,” Col. […]

SAN DIEGO, California -- The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, led by commander, Amphibious Squadron 7 and comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD,

When the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group returns from deployment this week, it will mark the beginning of a shift in how amphibious forces deploy globally – shifting naval resources away from the Middle East to the Western Pacific. The three ships in the Makin Island ARG and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit joined in […]

The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit returned to San Diego this week after a seven-month deployment in the Pacific and Indian oceans.