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Nearly 70 years after USS Indianapolis tragedy, survivor tells his tale

Just past midnight July 30, 1945, two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine struck the USS Indianapolis with almost 1,200 people aboard.

Sgt. Robert E. Owens Jr., with the U.N. Command, Military Armistice Commission at Camp Bonifas, arm-wrestles a South Korean high school student Wednesday in Seoul during the USO Good Neighbor Program.

USO program aims to forge bonds between troops, S. Korean youths

Sgt. Robert Owens II came down from Camp Bonifas on the Demilitarized Zone on Wednesday to meet South Korean high-school students visiting the U.S. military.

Marvin Sanders, center, walks a group of new brides through the cooking portion of the USO's Cross-Cultural School at Camp Kim, South Korea.

USO helps Korean spouses prepare for life in the U.S.

Marvin Sanders, center, walks a group of new brides through the cooking portion of the USO's Cross-Cultural School at Camp Kim, South Korea.

Members of local Guam dance troupe SKIP Entertainment perform during the opening ceremony of the Guam USO location in the Royal Orchid Hotel in Tumon, Guam.

USO opens in Guam’s Tumon tourist district

In another sure sign the military on Guam is growing and destined to become larger, the United Service Organizations on Thursday opened its newest location in the heart of the Pacific island’s Tumon tourist district.

Clebe McClary, a Marine veteran who was severely wounded during the Vietnam War, shakes hands with Marines at the USO on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, on Friday.

Vietnam hero McClary shoots from hip in visit to Okinawa

The pancakes and sausages served at the Camp Hansen United Service Organizations’ Flapjack Fridays came with a helping of American hero last week.

Men compete in a tug of war contest

Tug of war competition at Camp Page, 1959

Tug of war contest between the 226th Signal Company and the 1st Missile Battalion was won by the Missilemen. Hq. and Hq. Company was second and 19th Infantry third.

LaDonna Spivey, a personal trainer and volunteer for the USO at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, leads a workout via Facebook Live.

USO’s online programs prove popular with troops during coronavirus lockdowns

“I think we are busier now than before the pandemic,” Yokota USO manager Mardie Marqueze-Velasquez said Wednesday. “We can’t reach them physically, but we have great teams across the globe of volunteers and staff.”