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."
Nearly 70 years after USS Indianapolis tragedy, survivor tells his tale
Just past midnight July 30, 1945, two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine struck the USS Indianapolis with almost 1,200 people aboard.
From the Archives: Raining steel in the valley
This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Oct. 2, 2001. It is republished unedited in its original form.
Korea’s “Doughnut Dollies”
Judy Haag of Greendale, Wis., joined the American Red Cross as a Clubmobile girl and was assigned to the unit at Ascom Area Command headquarters in Korea. Since November, Judy like the 50 other Red Cross Clubmobile girls, has traveled thousands of miles by Army truck, helicopter and light plane.
The Freedom Bird Flies Again
The first refugees out of Saigon — 54 Vietnamese orphans — arrived at Yokota AB early Thursday after a dash to freedom from an increasingly nervous South Vietnamese capital. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, April 4, 1975. It is republished unedited in its original form.
Yokota Wives Volunteer. ‘Would Go on Babylift Anytime’
Nine Red Cross registered nurses and volunteers, all of them wives of Air Force men stationed in Japan, returned from a “babylift” flight carrying Vietnamese orphans to the United States and said they’d “make the trip again anytime.” This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Apr. 9, 1975. It is republished unedited in its original form.
Disaster relief efforts push Japan public sentiment toward U.S. military to all-time high
Japanese goodwill toward America has hit an all-time high, according to a new poll, mostly likely because of the U.S. military’s earthquake and tsunami relief efforts this spring.