North Korea Hijacs U.S. Naval Vessel 1968
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Word Said it all "God Bless America" 1973
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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."

''Sunny Joe'' Wolverton was on hand to hear his protege, Les Paul, play at the Grant Heights NCO Club in Tokyo in July, 1965.

'Sunny Joe' Wolverton, Les Paul's mentor

RHUBARB RED AND SUNNY JOE, a swinging pair of Ozark Apple Knockers, held a long overdue reunion Wednesday night at the Grant Heights NCO Club.

Movie tough guy Edward G. Robinson pretends to cower at the rough treatment being meted out by Stars and Stripes' legendary columnist, Al Ricketts.

Edward G. Robinson meets his match

AT TOKYO'S KABUKI-ZA THEATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON, where Steve Parker's "My Geisha" company was shooting premiere scenes for their film-within-a-film, we had lunch with the ageless and affable actor, Edward G. Robinson.

Truman Capote in Japan in January, 1957.

I don't intend to write anything about 'Sayonara'

"I DON'T INTEND TO WRITE ANYTHING ABOUT 'Sayonara'," says author Truman Capote. "Not a line."

MARION MICHAEL MORRISON, CALLED "DUKE" BY HIS friends but better-known as John Wayne to millions of movie-goers, resembled a beardless Abraham Lincoln in his cutaway coat and top hat.

Marion Michael Morrison called 'Duke'

MARION MICHAEL MORRISON, CALLED "DUKE" BY HIS friends but better-known as John Wayne to millions of movie-goers, resembled a beardless Abraham Lincoln in his cutaway coat and top hat.

THE TINY FISHING VILLAGE OF KAWANA, JAPAN, WILL have something to talk about for years and years to come.

The tiny fishing village of Kawana, Japan

THE TINY FISHING VILLAGE OF KAWANA, JAPAN, WILL have something to talk about for years and years to come.

Jayne Mansfield sings at Tokyo's Latin Quarter in January, 1967.

A 'happening' took place at Tokyo's New Latin Quarter

A "HAPPENING" TOOK PLACE AT TOKYO'S New Latin Quarter this past weekend.