North Korea Hijacs U.S. Naval Vessel 1968
This nameplate was used in 1968
North Korea Hijacs U.S. Naval Vessel 1968
This nameplate was used in 1968

From the Archives

A black and white photo of people, mostly men in suits, walking while holding photos of Martin Luther King Jr.

700 hail King in Osan march

More than 700 American military men of all races and ranks marched in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Sunday, climaxing a weekend tribute here to the slain civil rights leader.

Art Linkletter's shows at U.S. bases in Europe were taped to be shown back in the States.

Art Linkletter's all-American charm

IT HAS been a long steep road from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, to the giddy heights of American television and radio, but Arthur Gordon Linkletter has made the climb with the easy stride of a distance runner.

Les Paul onstage at Grant Heights in 1965.

On the Town: Les Paul in Japan

YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, but Rhubarb Red is in Japan.

''Woody Woodpecker'' creator Walter Lantz and his wife, Gracie — the ''voice'' of the cartoon character — visit Seoul American School in December, 1969. The Lantzes were on a USO-sponsored tour of the Far East.

'Woody Woodpecker' cartoonist Lantz, wife visit elementary school

With a few deft strokes of a pencil and the sounding of that famous raucous call, Woody Woodpecker, the mischievous tassel-headed bird from the cartoon world, came alive for thousands of U.S. troops in the Republic of Korea.

Bob Hope catches up on some paperwork during the flight to the next stop on his 1964 Christmas tour of Vietnam.

Bob Hope brings Christmas cheer to troops in Vietnam

Bob Hope, who said he wasn't scared to come to Vietnam, but added they had to blindfold the airplane, brought some laughter to a place of war Christmas Eve.

Bob Hope struts onstage carrying a parasol during a show in Southeast Asia in 1965.

I was on the road with Hope

ABOUT NOW, the project officer for the 1964 Bob Hope Christmas show is trying to crowd approximately 58 people, nearly two tons of personal baggage, and another ton of scenery and show props aboard a single C-135 MATS jet.

Joe Namath poses with a group of servicemembers at Camp Oji, Japan, in January, 1969.

Pro gridders and GIs swap quips at gabfest

"When you're down, the mark of a champion is when you can come back." The words were spoken by the Green Bay Packers' tight end Marv Fleming to a group of military patients in the U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Oji, Japan.