Three people bow in front of a hillside stone memorial displaying U.S. and Japanese flags, with offerings and flowers placed at its base.

Japanese neighborhood preserves memory of WWII crash and its cost

About 75 people, including approximately 30 Marines and sailors from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, attended the annual Marukoyama Memorial Ceremony.

Helicopter lands on the USS Oklahoma City, 1974

A helicopter is guided to a landing on the deck of the Yokosuka-based guided missile light cruiser USS Oklahoma City, the flagship of Vice Adm. George P. Steele, commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet.

New names, same Navy

The U.S. Navy in the past two centuries has had jobs that have certainly been tagged with colorful nautical names.

President Gerald Ford in Tokyo, 1975

President Gerald Ford and his wife, Betty, wave as they board Air Force One at Haneda Airport to continue on their trip to China.

'Operation Huey Wash' a big deal every month

What can you do when your washday comes but once a month and your laundry pile is 12 feet high, 57 feet long, eight feet wide and weighs in at almost 6,000 pounds?

Readying the Midway for another trip out

She's nearly 32 and, like everyone, needs occasional respite from normal routine to get herself back into tip-top shape.

Frank Sinatra, 1974

Frank Sinatra performs for sailors in the hangar bay of the USS Midway at Yokosuka Naval Base.