Celebrities
‘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.
Jerry Reed touring PACAF clubs
Award winning singer-actor Jerry Reed plans to spend the next three weeks doing what he calls one of the most satisfying gigs for any performer — playing for military applause.
Belafonte arrives in Japan for tour
Singer Harry Belafonte plans to add Japanese folk music to his repertoire of calypso, jazz and spirituals.
Art Linkletter's all-American charm
IT HAS been a long steep road from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, to the giddy heights of American television and radio, but Arthur Gordon Linkletter has made the climb with the easy stride of a distance runner.
On the Town: Les Paul in Japan
YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, but Rhubarb Red is in Japan.
'Woody Woodpecker' cartoonist Lantz, wife visit elementary school
With a few deft strokes of a pencil and the sounding of that famous raucous call, Woody Woodpecker, the mischievous tassel-headed bird from the cartoon world, came alive for thousands of U.S. troops in the Republic of Korea.
Bob Hope brings Christmas cheer to troops in Vietnam
Bob Hope, who said he wasn't scared to come to Vietnam, but added they had to blindfold the airplane, brought some laughter to a place of war Christmas Eve.