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The return home for Sgt. Robert Van Heck, who died taking part in the Battle of Tarawa over the Gilbert Islands in November of 1943, comes after scientists were able to identify his previously ...
A U.S. Marine who sent an ominous letter home before he went missing in action during World War II has been accounted ... the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Japanese-held Gilbert ...
A U.S. Marine who sent an ominous letter home before he went missing in action during World War II has been accounted ... the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Japanese-held Gilbert ...
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‘It’s definitely closure:’ Marine killed in WWII receives honor burial after ID through DNAThe remains of a Marine who died fighting in the Pacific Theater during World War II were buried with honors ... Robert Van Heck, who died taking part in the Battle of Tarawa over the Gilbert ...
According to the DPAA, the remains of nearly 1,700 previously unidentified U.S. soldiers killed in World War II have been identified, but over 70,000 remain unaccounted for. Of the roughly 1,000 U.S.
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