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It was a day the family of Marine Sergeant Robert Van Heck always hoped for, but struggled to believe would ever happen.

Graham argues that scholars of the humanities contributed to victory in World War II by transforming the practice of intelligence agencies.

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The singer-songwriter and social activist best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at ...