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."
Air Force family gets long-awaited girl
A Korean orphan got her six-month-old birthday present Tuesday — five brothers and a new home.
Misawa sailors' Sapporo snow anchor drops with warm temperatures
Unseasonably warm temperatures spelled disaster this week for a U.S. Navy team participating in the annual Sapporo Snow Festival on the northern island of Hokkaido.
Colonel Sanders in Tokyo, 1972
"I don't believe in being the richest man in the cemetery ... do what you're going to do with your money as you go along," is how Col. Harland Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, explains his philosophy towards wealth.
Fair-like area greets PWs
Freedom Village, first stopping place for captured Allied personnel on their way home from Communist confinement, might well have been the spot of a county fair yesterday except for the serious business at hand.
Hero set for 15-day treatment of disease contracted as PW
An American hero of the Korean war, Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, today began a 13day treatment for amoebic dysentery in Tokyo Army Hospital, the effects of three years as a Communist prisoner of war.
Hank Aaron swings away again in Japan
It's been a year of re-enactment of sorts for major league baseball's all-time home run king, Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, from the year 1974 that brought with it rich memories for the millions of fans in the U.S. and Japan who watched "Hammerin' Hank" chase destiny.