Hawaii Edition 1945
This nameplate was used in 1945
Troopers block Bama Schools 1963
This nameplate was used in 1963

Japan

People dressed in black bow their heads during a memorial service.

WWII POWs remembered in Yokohama on 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender

On the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, the names of more than 1,000 troops who died as prisoners of war were read aloud Tuesday during a memorial ceremony at the Commonwealth War Cemetery.

A bit wobbly but easy method of crossing ravines and rivers is this three rope bridge. An instructor shows the proper way of crossing.

Army alpinists

DURING A FOUR-WEEK course at what is probably the toughest school in Japan, men scale cliffs using only finger and toe holds, leap off into space from dizzying heights in practice falls and climb over mountains with full packs in pitch darkness.

Search-and-rescue swimmers from Atsugi-based HS-14 are hoisted into their helicopter during annual SAR jump training outside Yokosuka Naval Base.

AWs are ‘pretty versatile’ sailors

Seawater sprays from the helicopter rotor wash as figures drop from the aircraft into the murky water.

The keel of the Midway makes a rare appearance.

Flattop getting facelift in dry dock at Yokosuka

Though its crew proudly remembers the aircraft carrier Midway as the queen bee of the U.S. 7th Fleet, the vessel looks more like a beached whale nowadays.

Mount Suribachi, as seen from a plane carrying Iwo Jima flag raiser Rene Gagnon and his family to the island in February, 1965.

Flag raiser's return to Iwo Jima: 'It all seems impossible'

"It seems impossible that I climbed that far," said Rene Gagnon as he looked down the rugged face of Mount Suribachi.

Camp Zama

Zama rolls along with Jenkins hoopla

When accused U.S. Army deserter Sgt. Charles Jenkins arrived, saluted and turned himself over to Camp Zama authorities Saturday, this small, quiet Army base outside Tokyo found itself in a very unaccustomed spot: the cross hairs of the international media.

Army deserter Jenkins

Army deserter Jenkins leaves Camp Zama for island home

U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins left Camp Zama on Tuesday morning and was greeted by a cheering crowd Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, with his wife, Hitomi Soga, and their two North Korean-born daughters.