Korea at War 1950
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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."

Pfc. Frank Orians of Grand Rapids, Mich., escorts Secretary of Defense McNamara and his entourage on a walk into an unsecured jungle area in Vietnam.

Dawn-to-dusk days for JFK's top advisers

America's top military leaders sloshed through muddy remote villages of the strife-torn Republic of Vietnam to learn first-hand how the war against the Viet Cong is going.

Robert Kennedy speaks to reporters and well-wishers at Yokota. At right is the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Edwin O. Reischauer.

RFK begins Tokyo talks on Malaysia

Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy Friday was to confront Indonesian President Sukarno here and "express concern" over Sukarno's relations with the newly-formed Malaysian Federation.

Tokyo, January 1964: Attorney General Robert Kennedy leaves the Imperial Hotel with Indonesian Foreign Minister Subandrio after his meeting with President Sukarno, then talks to the press at the Nissei Theater.

Peace comes first, RFK and Sukarno agree

Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy Saturday resumed talks with Indonesian President Sukarno over the Malaysia crisis after a 90-minute meeting Friday gained somewhat of a cease-fire agreement from the Indonesian president.

Japan

From Tokyo cabbies to U.S. generals, profound shock and disbelief

The Japanese taxi driver wiped a few tears from his swollen eyes and said: "Kennedy-san, the number one democratic man ... I'm sorry ...''

Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy render honors to the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during a ceremony Sept. 2, 2020, for the 75th commemoration of the end of World War II.

Ceremony marking 75th anniversary of WWII’s end reflects on a generation’s toil to turn ‘peril into peace’

Seventy-five years ago, 900 bombers and fighters filled the sky above Tokyo Bay, where 250 Allied ships were moored as Imperial Japan formally surrendered during a ceremony on the deck of the USS Missouri.

Josiah Bunting III, chairman of the Friends of the National WWII Memorial, honors veterans who fought in the Battle of Okinawa on April 1, 2015.

DC ceremony marks Battle of Okinawa's 70th anniversary

A handful of World War II veterans were the center of attention Wednesday at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the long, fierce Battle of Okinawa.