When we get a little farther into it, and he's with 5th Marines. The 5th Marines and ... They formed a lot of the great traditions of the Marine Corps. Most of the time, these albums are really ...

Charles Hoffman conducted a one-man counterattack against a dozen Germans soldiers armed with five light machine guns, trying to throw the 5th Marine Regiment off Hill 142 overlooking the wood.

But Capt. Lloyd W. Williams of the 51st Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment would have none of it, and reportedly submitted a response that would usher him into Marine Corps lore.

The story behind the memorial with marines from the 5th Marine Regiment isn’t something that happens every day. “This particular piece of it became lost and abandoned and damaged. We found it ...