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

A Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbor after the 1941 Japanese attack on the naval ...

After 66 years of being displayed outdoors at the Minnesota State Capitol, a 4/50 gun that arguably fired the second American ...

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