World War II veterans' cross paths 82 years after fighting together in Battle of Luzon
Willard Smith and Robert Miller both served in World War II, and 82 years later, they have crossed paths once again.
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Willard Smith and Robert Miller both served in World War II, and 82 years later, they have crossed paths once again.
Robert Miller and Willard Smith moved into the Tabor Hills Healthcare Facility in Naperville. Eighty-two years and more than 8,000 miles away from where their paths first crossed.
Holocaust memorial officials and historians say a proliferation of "entirely fabricated" digital content is distorting the Nazi's wartime horrors.
Diver Tom Gramlich spotted the metal object in shallow water near Fort Pierce.
The Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center celebrated with a commemoration ceremony. Fifteen local World War II veterans attended and were honored with a certificate of appreciation.
A group of Chicago-area veterans traveled to New Orleans Wednesday to see for themselves a museum built in their honor.
The Gary Sinise Foundation and American Airlines make these trips happen four times a year. On Wednesday, Noel Brennan was there for a big sendoff for the veterans on the latest trip at O’Hare International Airport.
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the infamous 1995 Chicago heat wave, which took 739 lives. One of them was a World War II veteran who got a proper sendoff in Homewood on Thursday.
An explosive discovery caused travel chaos in and around Paris, as the city’s busiest train station was shut down after an unexploded World War II-era bomb was found near the tracks.
It was exactly 80 years ago that six Marines raised the U.S. flag over the Japanese volcano island of Iwo Jima.
Survivors of the Nazi's notorious Auschwitz death camp are taking center stage at the memorial service to mark 80 years since its liberation by Soviet troops.
Robert Van Heck's family receieved an ominous letter from the Marine just minutes before learning he was killed, according to a news article.
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Delbert G. Tuttle earned the Purple Heart and the Silver Star for wounds he suffered in the Battle of Saipan.
U.S. Army Pvt. Jeremiah P. Mahoney was killed amid fierce fighting with German forces.
Harry Jerele is from Berkeley, Illinois. He died as a prisoner of war in 1942, but was not identified until 2023—three years after his remains were exhumed.
The Port Chicago 50, a group of Black sailors charged and convicted in the largest U.S. Navy mutiny in history, were exonerated by the U.S. Navy on Wednesday, which called the case "fundamentally unfair."
Ahead of celebrating America's independence, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a Purple Heart medal to the son of a man who was a World War II veteran and a master sergeant in the Army Air Corps.
Harold Terens is a 100-year-old World War II veteran, while his bride, Jeanne Swerlin, is a youngster of just 96.
International leaders and veterans are in Normandy, France, to remember the pivotal invasion that changed the course of World War II.
The entire United Airlines flight crew headed to Paris are also veterans. For the World War II vets onboard the flight, returning to Normandy came with a mix of emotions.
For just a moment Monday night, the hustle at O’Hare International Airport came to a complete stop – to honor three World War II veterans who are riding a different kind of tank these days. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
The USS Harder was sunk in a battle on Aug. 24, 1944 as the U.S. sought to retake the Philippines from occupying Japanese forces.
On Tuesday evening, the City of Aurora honored Miller with a proclamation from Mayor Richard Irvin and sash ahead of the parade.
On Tuesday evening, the City of Aurora honored Dick Miller, 97, with a proclamation from Mayor Richard Irvin and sash ahead of the parade.
It began back in World War II when a Japanese diplomat risked everything to save the lives of thousands of Jews.
As of Wednesday, the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Spencer Knight made 16 saves for the Blackhawks, who have dropped five of six.
A CTU spokesperson said that Davis Gates will be going on a "planned and anticipated" temporary medical leave.
Chicago is the latest city to have reported airbag thefts, following Baltimore and Pittsburgh.
NIPSC customers gathered for the second time in under a week to protest against rising heating costs by the utility company.
President Trump told NBC News the call to remove 700 immigration officers from Minneapolis came from him.
With U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky retiring at the end of her term, voters in Illinois' 9th Congressional District face a crowded field of candidates to fill the seat with a new representative for the first time since 1998.
Hillary Clinton will appear for a deposition on Feb. 26, while former President Bill Clinton will appear on Feb. 27, according to the House Oversight Committee.
The House on Tuesday voted 217 to 214 to fund major parts of the government and end the partial shutdown.
All federal immigration agents in Minneapolis will begin wearing body cameras, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Monday, a policy that could be rolled out nationwide.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early '70s has died. He was 83.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
The 2026 Grammy Awards recognized the best of the best in music from last year, with big wins for Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny. Here's the full list of winners and nominees.
Complete closure of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will start on July 4, Mr. Trump said. It's not yet clear how extensive the changes to the building might be.
The crash happened around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 4, on northbound I-294 north of Golf Road in Des Plaines.
The cab of the truck was sheared off and dragged about a quarter mile along the track.
Today show host Savannah Guthrie made a direct plea to her mother's possible kidnapper – show us proof of life. Nancy Guthrie has been missing since Jan. 31.
The Chicago Teachers Union did not give details about why she is taking leave, but said that it was "planned and anticipated".
Customers are seeing higher delivery fees from the utility companies and volatile gas prices straight from the source, after key issues, including January's nationwide snowstorm.
A woman was killed and a man was wounded when they were shot while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Auburn Gresham, just steps from St. Sabina Parish.
Arlington Heights fire officials said two people are safe, and one was rescued by a neighbor, after a garage fire Wednesday morning.
A man was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday morning in northwest suburban Rolling Meadows.
Julius Burkes Jr, 47, accused of the deadly shooting of Momence bar owner Courtney Drysdale, waived his extradition to Illinois before a judge during a hearing on Wednesday morning.
As of Wednesday, the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have allowed him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the busiest trauma center in Illinois, is sounding an alarm, as doctors brace for an influx of patients because of federal funding cuts under the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
Spencer Knight made 16 saves for the Blackhawks, who have dropped five of six.
The Chicago Bulls are trading Coby White to the Charlotte Hornets, reports said Wednesday.
Chicago cut Milwaukee's lead to 90-84 late in the third quarter, but couldn't get any closer.
The Chicago Bulls are sending center Nikola Vučević to the Boston Celtics in exchange for guard Anfernee Simons, and the teams will also swap second-round draft picks as part of the deal.
Davis was the first player in the program's history to win the Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year.
A woman was killed and a man was wounded when they were shot Wednesday afternoon while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood, just steps from St. Sabina Parish.
A man who was arrested on child sexual abuse charges in Illinois is facing additional charges in the San Francisco Bay Area in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a child, police said.
Ryan Routh, the man convicted in a 2024 assassination attempt of President Trump at his Florida golf course, has been sentenced to life in prison.
The shooters remained at large Wednesday in two attacks that happened less than a mile apart on Chicago's Near West Side a day earlier.
The disappearance of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, is being investigated as a crime.
