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Pasadena family to bury WWII sailor identified 80 years after Pearl Harbor
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 ...
Chicago marine who died in WWII to finally be laid to rest in Hillside
It was a day the family of Marine Sergeant Robert Van Heck always hoped for, but struggled to believe would ever ...
‘It’s definitely closure:’ Marine killed in WWII receives honor burial after ID through DNA
The return home for Sgt. Robert Van Heck, who died taking part in the Battle of Tarawa over the Gilbert Islands in November ...
World War II marine laid to rest in Illinois 82 years after death
"I just keep thinking about my mom, our mom, and how she had one brother. I can't even imagine losing any of my siblings and ...