Troopers block Bama Schools 1963
This nameplate was used in 1963
Masthead 2001
This nameplate has been in use since 2001

WWII

A black-and-white, 1940s-era image of a military officer, seen from the chest up, posing in dress uniform and hat.

DOD agency identifies missing remains of Medal of Honor recipient killed in 1945

The Defense Department announced Friday that it had identified the missing remains of a Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in the Philippines in 1945 while a prisoner of war.

Air Force

Faded memories: Former Air Force pilot pays tribute to his service as he turns 100 in Tokyo

It’s been decades since Dave Fisher soared through the wild blue yonder in Air Force jets, and a century since his birth on July 17, 1919.

The grave of an unknown

A fleet died — so did a delusion

Fifty years ago, Japan struck the great American fleet anchorage at Pearl Harbor, blackening an azure Hawaiian sky with the blood of blasted battleships.

Air Force Capt. John S. Gunnison, who took part in the World War II invasion of Iwo Jima as a Marine 15 years earlier, walks along the beach toward Mt. Suribachi during his first visit to the island since the battle.

Marines returning in peace to hard-won Iwo

The U.S. Marines will land on Iwo Jima and secure Mt. Suribachi Friday for the second time in 15 years.

Stars and Stripes frontpage for June 27, 1945 - Pacific edition

Oki doughfeet slogging on, searching for own lost PWs

There are no front lines on Okinawa, but that doesn’t mean there is any rest for the doughboy.

Stars and Stripes May 17 1945 page 5, Pacific edition.

Precision fire answer to cave tactics - U.S. artillery goes underground

War in the Ryukus has brought on new and unorthodox tactics from an artillery viewpoint. For the first time in the history of warfare an entire field artillery of an army is living and fighting from underground positions.

Stars and Stripes front page for May 22, 1945 - Pacific Edition

Fighting men with tender hearts – GIs play nurse to Oki’s orphans

For doughboys and leathernecks, the care of children started on the first day of the invasion, and from the way it keeps on, it looks as though “the Children’s Hour on Okinawa” will outlast Lillian Hellman’s play on Broadway.