Extra Extra: Chicagoland Honors Fallen Soldiers Memorial Day Weekend
By Lisa White in News on May 25, 2015 6:05PM
Fallen soldiers were honored at Memorial Day events and services across the Chicagoland area this past weekend and today. [ABC7 Chicago]
A suburban mother brings focus to military suicide to honor her late son, who took his own life at the age of 22 in 2013. [Tribune]
Another mother of a different suburban veteran who took his own life has been forced to wait an increasingly long time to receive her son's Marine Corps and Department of Veterans Affairs records. She wants to be able to see the records because she "believes the military could have done more to treat her son and prevent his suicide." [Tribune]
A look at Chicago's annual Memorial Day parade, which happened downtown Saturday. [ABC7 Chicago]
WBEZ chatted with two veterans who are walking across the nation to raise awareness regarding the high rate of veteran suicide. Walking with them? Their two dogs that "saved their lives." [WBEZ]
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