Park Slain 1979
This nameplate was used in 1979
Masthead 1986
This nameplate was used in 1986

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."

A man relaxes under a jet of water spraying from the ceiling into a pool at the Seolbong Onchon Tourist Hotel.

Follow the steamy signs to Korea's tempting hot springs

The Korean countryside outside Seoul is dotted with lighted signs that look like steaming pots of soup.

Golfing great Jack Nicklaus meets the press at Tokyo's Imperial Hotel in November, 1972.

A golf perfectionist's aim: Improvement

So you win nearly $300,000, capture six major tourney championships, score a near miss in capturing pro golf's "Grand Slam" and are named the Professional Golf Association Player of the Year — all in 12 short months.

Stan Musial talks with servicemembers in Tokyo in 1988.

Stan 'The Man' Musial — A class guy

Stan "The Man" Musial's baseball fame knows no boundaries.

Retired Lt. Col. Ben Purcell still has some of the items with him when he was released from 62 months of captivity in Viet Cong prison camps from 1968 to 1972.

Former POW tells how he survived

Retired Lt. Col. Ben Purcell said he never gave up hope as he passed years in the steamy jungles of Vietnam, a barely-fed prisoner of war who endured despite harsh conditions.

U.S. officials maintain silence on plans for Jenkins

U.S. officials maintain silence on plans for Jenkins

The fate of Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins — a U.S. soldier believed to have defected by walking across the border into North Korea during a 1965 Demilitarized Zone patrol — could go one of several routes, said lawyers and others observing the case.

Yonsei University instructor Chun Jee-in, left, with aid from an interpreter, teaches 2nd Infantry Division soldiers about Korean language and culture at the beginning of a two-week course at the Camp Casey education center.

2nd ID soldiers study basics of South Korean culture

Like many U.S. servicemembers in South Korea, Spc. Jeremy Fox used a creative blend of English, Korean and pointing to direct taxi drivers when he first arrived in South Korea 16 months ago.