Stripes Today
Memories with Stars and Stripes
A collection of reader submitted Memories with Stars and Stripes Pacific.
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Hiroshima pauses in silence to mark 80 years since world’s first atomic bombing
More than 55,000 people standing in Peace Memorial Park bowed their heads at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, marking with silence the precise moment that the U.S. military dropped an atomic bomb on this city 80 years ago.
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Hiroshima survivor helps mark 80 years since Lonesome Lady bomber tragedy
A plaque unveiled recently in this rural town near Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni commemorates the nine-member crew of the Lonesome Lady, a B-24 Liberator that crashed on July 28, 1945.
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‘Antiques Roadshow’-type find at Army base in Japan recalls Korean War armistice
Tucked away inside a cardboard box at the headquarters of U.S. Army Japan is a relic of the original armistice that ended the Korean War 72 years ago.
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David Mazzarella, editor who championed independent military journalism at Stars and Stripes, dies at 87
Former Stars and Stripes editor David Mazzarella, whose newspaper career spanned 45 years as a reporter, editor and executive, died Thursday from complications of a fall, his obituary said.
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USS Arizona Memorial tour reservations paused amid preservation efforts
The National Park Service is temporarily suspending advance reservations for tours of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor scheduled past Sept. 3 due to ongoing preservation work to the popular tourist site.
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Would-be Japanese kamikaze pilot reflects on war and peace 80 years after WWII
A former Japanese army pilot who helped train the infamous kamikaze — flyers who deliberately crashed into their targets — is still telling his story 80 years after the end of World War II, in part to honor friends who died during the conflict.