This week marks the 30th anniversary of the infamous 1995 Chicago heat wave, which took 739 lives. One of them was a World ...

Zamperini's dream of participating in the 1940 Tokyo Olympics was thwarted by World War II. The games were canceled and he traded his track shorts for a military uniform, thus commencing his second ...

HOMEWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- There was a special honor Thursday for a World War II veteran who died alone during Chicago's 1995 ...

He survived the hell of war and a POW camp, only to die in a heat wave in Chicago,” said a retired army captain Thursday as ...

In March 1943, the U.S Army was on a critical mission - to prove it had learned from its bitter defeat at Kasserine Pass. East of the Tunisian town of El Guettar, the 1st Infantry Division , better ...

During World War II, iconic pictures portrayed Americans serving the war effort either in uniform or at home as defense plant ...