Stripes Today
Memories with Stars and Stripes
A collection of reader submitted Memories with Stars and Stripes Pacific.
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Japanese neighborhood preserves memory of WWII crash and its cost
About 75 people, including approximately 30 Marines and sailors from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, attended the annual Marukoyama Memorial Ceremony.
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Sunken Devastator torpedo bomber from WWII may become first of its kind in a museum
The Devastator torpedo bomber’s role in World War II was short-lived but historic.
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Survivors’ words bring Holocaust history to life for DOD students in Japan
Holocaust survivor Ella Mandel did not soften her words as she spoke to a group of Defense Department middle school students thousands of miles away.
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Sunken Devastator torpedo bomber from WWII may become first of its kind in a museum
No vestige of the World War II-era Devastator torpedo bomber is found in any museum or collection anywhere in the world.
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15 years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, recovery continues in a changed landscape
Nature is reclaiming abandoned buildings in the exclusion zone surrounding Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, an area that appears frozen in time 15 years after disaster struck.
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‘Going in their honor’: Vietnam veterans to visit key battle sites for first time since war’s end
Veterans returning to Vietnam to tour battle sites in Hanoi, Da Nang, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City.