"Uncommon Valor," one of my all-time favorites as a kid, premiered on this day in history, Dec. 16, in 1983. I was able to watch the filming of the opening scene in a field on Kauai, Hawaii, when I ...

My wife and I attended an extraordinary concert on Sunday, Feb. 23, by the brass ensemble of “The President’s Own” (the United States Marine Corps Band), commemorating the 75th anniversary of one of ...

Uncommon Valor features campaign scenarios in the South Pacific during 1942 and 1943. With incredible detail and accuracy and near infinite micro-management Uncommon Valor is one of the most robust ...

With a learning curve as steep as Mt. Fuji, an interface that only an accountant could truly embrace, an avalanche of information to be assimilated, graphics that are merely serviceable, and sound ...

Staten Island, NY, Feb 15th, 2005 - Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and 2 by 3 Games (www.2by3games.com) are very excited to release the final update for Uncommon Valor, which adds a few new ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Matrix Games has announced that version 1.20 of Uncommon Valor: Campaign for the South Pacific is now available for download. This latest patch ...

The men who fought the bloody battle of Iwo Jima were given such high praise by Adm. Chester Nimitz that the words are inscribed in the Marine Corps Memorial. For those servicemen, "uncommon valor was ...

Arlington — The morning of Feb. 19, 1945, dawned eerily quiet as Private First Class Carl Norton made his way toward the shores of the remote Japanese island of Iwo Jima. But in an instant, the ...