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."
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.
Aaron outslugs Oh in homer contest 10-9
Aaron outslugs Oh in homer contest 10-9Hank Aaron, the Atlanta Braves' top slugger and the No. 1 home run hitter in all of American baseball history, added one more notch to his bat Saturday at Korakuen Stadium here as he shaded Yomiuri Giants' top stickman Sadaharu Oh 10-9 in home runs in a much publicized battle that Aaron later said "hadn't really proved anything."
Bungalows sprout in the boondocks
Two days' comfort in a bungalow motel with swimming pool and patio must seem as far away as a weekend in Miami to the field soldiers who daily live in mud and sweat along the edge of War Zone C.
41st PO — Down among sheltering palms
The flat plain of Tay Ninh Base Camp, eight miles from the Cambodian border, might seem a strange place for a "Stateside" post office, but there one sits.
There's 'no sweat' riding (outside) copter
WITH U.S. 24TH DIV., Korea (S&S) — Sometimes a soldier balks at flying on his back outside a helicopter, 700 feet in the air.