Hawaii Edition 1945
This nameplate was used in 1945
Masthead 1986
This nameplate was used in 1986

WWII

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.

Richard Clark, 35th Fighter Wing historian, explains Thursday how a couple of airmen accidentally discovered what is believed to be a World War II-era, Japanese military bunker in the woods on Misawa Air Base, Japan.

Misawa aims to turn 'rediscovered' WWII-era bunker into museum

A possible World War II-era bunker that survived the intense U.S. bombing of the area more than 60 years ago might be turned into a museum, if base officials have their way.

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.