Now the Navy has a new destroyer named in his honor. The USS John Basilone, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, was officially commissioned by the U.S. Navy on Saturday, Nov. 9. The ...

The same certainly can't be said of the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer named to honor Medal of Honor winner John Basilone. The sea service accepted delivery of the ...

Same, illustrious fellow. San Diego has a Little Italy, and honored in this neighborhood is John Basilone. A snippet from my journal: Basilone, born in 1916, was a gunnery sergeant in the Marines.

Robert Leckie, (James Badge Dale), Cpl. Eugene Sledge, (Jospeh Mazzello), and GySgt. John Basilone (Jon Seda). The three narrative threads occasionally intersect, and cover events such as the ...

A look inside the connected journeys of US Marines Robert Leckie, Eugene B Sledge and John Basilone during their service in World War II. From their battles in Japan, to their eventual return to home ...