Sgt. Robert F. Van Heck, of Chicago, Illinois, was 25 years old in 1943 when he was killed during the U.S. campaign in the ...

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.

In the aftermath, American soldiers gunned down dozens of unarmed German prisoners of war in a field—a clear violation of the Geneva Convention. “I remember we had been given orders ...

What led to the sudden decline of these magnificent machines after World War II? In the 1930s and early 1940s, flying boats were the undisputed kings of long-distance air travel. (ref) These ...

It was one of the most important and deadly battles in World War II. It stopped Adolf Hitler’s last-ditch offensive and opened the way for the full Nazi defeat. At dawn on Dec. 16, 1944 ...

BASTOGNE, Belgium (AP) — Eighty years later, World War II veteran David Marshall, has a picture in his wallet of him fighting in the snow and bitter cold in one of the defining moments of the ...

The World War 2 movie was set in August 1944 and followed French Resistance fighter Paul Labiche, played by Burt Lancaster, taking on Paul Scofield’s German Colonel Franz von Waldheim.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. WWII veteran David Marshall, US Army 84th Infantry Division, from NY, holds out his wallet containing a ...

"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 ...

Robert Van Heck's family receieved an ominous letter from the Marine just minutes before learning he was killed, according to a news article.

During World War II, the crew of the Zaida were among the everyday Americans who risked their lives watching out for enemy ...