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The Battle of Iwo Jima is one of the bloodiest events of World War II, and from it came stories of uncommon valor and virtue. Here are the stories of the men who fought and their guns.

Trijicon announced that its VCOG 1-8x28 mm has been selected by the U.S. Marine Corps for use as its Squad Common Optic.

These Marine Corps artists who fight first, then draw what they see and feel, provide a telling ... .

Watch this feature segment from a recent episode of American Rifleman TV on the Men and Guns of the Pacific War.

In this fifth installment of "The Men and Guns of the Pacific," the ARTV crew heads to Iwo Jima.

In this fourth installment in "The Men and Guns of the Pacific," the ARTV crew heads to Guam.

The U.S. Marine Corps prides itself on its marksmanship, and now Marine infantrymen will be able to put more accurate fire on our nation’s enemies—with a little help from Leupold.

In this third and final episode in the series, Major John L. Plaster, one of the world's foremost authorities on sniping, discusses Marine snipers in Vietnam, and American Rifleman Field Editor Wiley Clapp, who was a Marine captain in Vietnam, recalls the first time he and his men went up against the AK-47.

On Dec. 7, 1941, a “date which will live in infamy,” Americans fought back against the Japanese sneak attack with guns ranging from the M1911A1 pistol to the ’03 Springfield rifle, and most effectively, with machine guns designed by John Moses Browning.