As a boy on the streets of Raritan, N.J., John Basilone used to run alongside the ... Then came a letter on cheap note paper, in John’s schoolboy hand: “I am very happy for the other day ...

When World War II Marine Corps hero Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, who was based at Camp Pendleton, received the Medal of Honor, the country’s highest military award in 1942, he was said to have ...