George Takei speaks to reporters in front of a blue backdrop.

‘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.

Red Skelton's film idea — It grows on you

Red Skelton, the rubber-faced funnyman, says he's figured out a way to revolutionize the centuries-old art of Japanese bonsai, or dwarf tree, gardening.

Punk’d: Rocker Rollins stops by Camp Hansen

The line continued out the door at the MHG mess hall on Monday, with Marines eagerly awaiting a handshake and autograph from the man many indicated they viewed as a punk music legend.

Ann-Margret visits Tokyo; plans tour of Vietnam later

A bombshell is scheduled to hit Vietnam, but it's not the type troops there have been used to.

Will Jimmy Buffett surf Okinawa? He’s thinking about it

If music hadn’t worked out, Jimmy Buffett might have been a retired Navy aviator by now.

In Asia, Jackson recalled as iconic, troubled

Friday morning in the Far East dawned with American Forces Radio playing "Thriller," "Gone Too Soon" and other Michael Jackson songs.

Muhammad Ali's verses thrill throng at Yokota

Former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali told a cheering crowd at Yokota Air Base Sunday that Joe Frazier, when the two meet in a rematch, will become "the first colored satellite."