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MARINE MISSING IN ACTION FROM KOREAN WAR IDENTIFIED The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Marine Pfc. Richard S. Gzik, 19, of Toledo, Ohio, will be buried Sept. 28, at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. On Dec. 2, 1950, Gzik and the other Marines of M Battery, 11th Artillery Regiment, 1st Marine Division, came under attack on the west side of the Chosin Reservoir in North...

An Exclusive Interview With Greg Mathieson The veteran still photographer known for his daring dash "to beat the Marines to Kuwait City" in the first Gulf War (as seen on the cover of the May 1991 issue of the U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings) is now a cameraman for NBC News, reporting regularly from Iraq. In April 2003 he talked with the Naval Institute's Fred L. Schultz by satellite phone from Sulaymaniyah. Proceedings: Remember the last time we did a telephone interview? Mathieson: It's like déjà vu from 12 years ago. Proceedings: What's different this time? Mathieson: I'm up north, instead...

<p>WASHINGTON -- Every year, veteran and active-duty members of the 1st Marine Division meet at Camp Pendleton near San Diego for a solemn ceremony. One at a time, Marines past and present are called forward to pin a battle streamer on the division's red and gold banner.</p> <p>Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Inchon, Chosin, the Tet offensive. From the South Pacific islands during World War II to Korea and Vietnam, the 1st Marine Division has tackled some of the bloodiest missions in the history of American arms. And, as the annual ceremony with the streamers reflects, that history is drilled into Marines from their earliest days.</p>