1st Battalion — All Stories — More Than A Headstone

Hero of the Frozen Chosin

During wartime, young people are often asked and expected to perform acts of unimaginable heroism. Gerald Kraus was one such young man who went above and beyond what was asked of him when enlisted in the Marines at just twenty years old, after the North Korean invasion of South Korea in 1950.

Lifetime of Service, Know Your EnemyEsteban GomezOctober 12, 2021Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, Lake Itasca, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, Inchon, Silver Star, Rotary Club, Aurora Club, Our Lady of Loreto

Youth, Duty, and One Marine’s Ultimate Sacrifice

Death is an inescapable tragedy of any war. In many cases, the servicemen and women who make the ultimate sacrifice are young and would have had a full life ahead of them. David Brown Jr. was one of the thousands of young men who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Vietnam War when he was killed in the Quảng Tri province in Vietnam.

Youth and WarEsteban GomezOctober 8, 2021Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 1/9 Marines, Quảng Trị; Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), “The Walking Dead”, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Operation Scotland II, Vietnam War Memorial