Memories with Stars and Stripes
A collection of reader submitted Memories with Stars and Stripes Pacific.
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‘Fuji Fire’ chronicles a largely forgotten Marine Corps tragedy in Japan
A retired Marine’s new book recounts the 1979 fire that killed 13 Marines and injured more than 70 others at a U.S. military training center near the base of Mount Fuji.
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DOD agency IDs remains of 3 airmen killed at secret Laos radar site in 1968
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has identified the remains of three airmen killed in action in Laos in 1968 when their secret mountaintop radar site was overrun by North Vietnamese commandos.
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Okinawans reflect on tragedy of war 80 years after bloody WWII battle
ITOMAN, Okinawa — Thousands filled Peace Memorial Park on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa, as U.S.
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‘He never came back’: Marine family helps add WWII medic’s name to Okinawa memorial
ITOMAN, Okinawa — Eighty years after Navy hospital corpsman Vernon “Monk” Martin was killed in the Battle of Okinawa, his name has been added to a
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Okinawa-based Marine gets medal for role in WWII remains recovery on Guadalcanal
A Marine has been honored for helping recover American troops’ remains from a World War II battlefield in the Solomon Islands.
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Japanese soldier killed in Battle of Okinawa ID’d by DNA, a first for Japan
Human remains discovered on Okinawa in 2004 have been identified as those of a Japanese soldier, marking the first time DNA alone was used to confirm the identity of a casualty from the Battle of Okinawa.