U.S. marines Land in Lebanon 1958
This nameplate was used in 1958
North Korea Hijacs U.S. Naval Vessel 1968
This nameplate was used in 1968

From the Archives

The bullet-riddled truck in which four United Nations Command soldiers — two Americans and two South Koreans — were killed in an ambush at the Korean DMZ in April, 1968.

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."

MP checkpoint and Freedom Gate bridge

MP checkpoint and Freedom Gate bridge en route to Munsan

A convoy of ambulances carrying sick and wounded prisoners of war cross the Freedom Gate bridge, on their way to freedom and home.

Stateside rodeo riders

Makeshift rodeo in Japan, 1974

Stateside rodeo riders Lance Cpl. Marty Rhode of Colome, S.D., and Sgt. Marvin Ratliff of Ruidoso, N.M., had trouble finding opportunities to ride bulls in Japan, so they came up with an alternative.

Sailors on the USS Oklahoma City

USS Oklahoma City, 1974

Sailors on the USS Oklahoma City holystone the 7th Fleet flagship's teak deck.

Airman Mark Fletcher

Patrol Squadron 40, 1977

Airman Mark Fletcher conducts a preflight check on a P3C Orion submarine-hunting aircraft before a training mission by a Patrol Squadron 40 crew.

A member of the crew at Misawa Air Base

It's more than just flying for submarine patrol crews

Yesterday, airborne submarine hunters flew low over blue-green battlefields searching for the tiny, telltale wake of periscopes.

Crew chief Sgt. Bob Caton

Cleaning day, 1974

Crew chief Sgt. Bob Caton concentrates on scrubbing the blade of a Huey helicopter during its monthly cleaning.