The Los Angeles Times covers the price paid by US Marines during the difficult campaign in Sangin: When the Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, deployed to the Sangin district of ...
F ellow U.S. Marines and military historians know Col. Robert D. Taplett best for his valor during the Korean War. On Sept. 15, 1950, Taplett, commanding the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Marine ...