From the Archives
DMZ ambush survivors seen lucky to be alive
Observers at the scene of Sunday night's bold ambush by Communist North Koreans who machine-gunned and killed four United Nations Command soldiers reached one conclusion: "I don't see how anybody survived this."
Joe and friend
Little Ernie Joe, the 7-year-old orphan "mascot" of the Eight Army HQ's 502nd Reconnaissance Platoon, left for his new home in Texas on June 15, 1954.
Oki doughfeet slogging on, searching for own lost PWs
There are no front lines on Okinawa, but that doesn’t mean there is any rest for the doughboy.
Precision fire answer to cave tactics - U.S. artillery goes underground
War in the Ryukus has brought on new and unorthodox tactics from an artillery viewpoint. For the first time in the history of warfare an entire field artillery of an army is living and fighting from underground positions.
Fighting men with tender hearts – GIs play nurse to Oki’s orphans
For doughboys and leathernecks, the care of children started on the first day of the invasion, and from the way it keeps on, it looks as though “the Children’s Hour on Okinawa” will outlast Lillian Hellman’s play on Broadway.
NFL stars score a big hit with Oki fans
Five National Football League stars kept a crowd of nearly 300 persons enthralled at the Okinawa USO with gridiron anecdotes and some insight into the world of the pros.
Off-base bar owners lamenting military curfew in Japan
The colorful neon signs still blaze at bars outside Kadena Air Base, but the front doors are shut and there are no Americans in sight in the normally bustling Okinawa entertainment district.