Okinawa
Searchable 3D map highlights names of US casualties at WWII Battle of Okinawa
A Japanese firm has created an interactive website where families of U.S. troops killed during the Battle of Okinawa can see their loved ones’ names on the island’s Cornerstone of Peace memorial.
Movie role is special for native Okinawan
The movie "The First Breath of Tengan Rei" has a very special place in the heart of Japanese actress Erika, 29, who plays the leading role.
Gunny passes Vietnam's lessons to young warriors
Gunnery Sgt. John Cammack’s running out of room on his National Defense Service Medal.
Okinawans ask why it happened
After the shocking news of President Kennedy's assassination swept Okinawa Saturday, people on the island began asking each other in anguish: "Why did the assassin have to kill. the young President?"
Jenny: It's a Spouse Thing
One of Stars and Stripes’ own has a role on Army Wives. For the Feb. 15 Spouse Calls, I talked to Julie Negron, creator of the “Jenny The Military Spouse” comic strip -- a regular feature in Stars and Stripes Sunday Scene section -- about “Jenny’s” recent appearances on the Lifetime television drama.
John Wayne scouts Okinawa for Green Beret film sites
Film star John Wayne and director Ray Kellogg flew back to the U.S. Wednesday after a one-day visit here in search of location sites for a new film to be shot this summer about the Green Berets.
60 years after his death, Ernie Pyle is still revered by servicemembers
Sixty years after Ernie Pyle’s death, veterans and active servicemembers still spoke with reverence Sunday about a man who turned the “average Joe” American GIs he interviewed into heroes in the eyes of millions back home.