Memories with Stars and Stripes
A collection of reader submitted Memories with Stars and Stripes Pacific.
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Veteran barber closes decades-old shop on US military base in downtown Tokyo
The old scissors remain straight and sharp in the hands of 84-year-old retired barber Harumi Aketo.
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Memorial honors WWII soldiers torpedoed in Hawaii waters in 1942
The Hawaii Army National Guard dedicated a new memorial this week honoring the 26 guardsmen aboard a transport boat sunk by a Japanese torpedo while near Maui in January 1942.
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For some military families, adoption forges bonds that span borders and generations
American military families adopt at a lower rate than the overall U.S. population, but those that do find military life — particularly overseas — can shape family experiences in distinctive ways.
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A bullet creased a Navy heart at Pearl Harbor and sparked a WWII love story
During their nearly 50 years together, Alice Darrow was fond of saying she filled the bullet-sized hole in her Navy husband’s heart from the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor with love.
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‘Star Trek’ actor recalls boyhood detention during WWII in camp for Japanese-Americans
George Takei was among the tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast whom President Franklin Roosevelt ordered removed to inland camps after Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
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Netflix series on Marines’ quick-reaction force on Okinawa to debut on Corps’ birthday
Netflix is set to unveil another series about the Marine Corps, this time a four-part documentary about a rapid-response task force on Okinawa.
