Nancy Matzdorff’s earliest memory of “Uncle Ted” is a sweet one — literally. It was the summer of 1941 when he visited her parents in Los Angeles. She recalls him taking her by the hand and walking up ...

HILLSIDE, Ill. (WLS) -- A Chicago marine who died in War World II will finally be laid to rest on Tuesday. Marine Corps Sgt. Robert F. Van Heck, 25, was killed during World War II.

Commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 May 1941 ... named after the 42nd state were diverted upon the entry of the United States into World War II after the Pearl Harbor attack on 7 December ...

The return home for Sgt. Robert Van Heck, who died taking part in the Battle of Tarawa over the Gilbert Islands in November ...

Ensign Jimmy Carter was assigned to serve on a by-then aging and broken-down USS Wyoming after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. The ...