Stripes Today
Step by step, veterans advocate aims to ensure Korean War sacrifices aren’t forgotten
What began as one man’s plan to walk nearly 400 miles across South Korea grew into a monthlong remembrance that brought together veterans, students, military groups and local communities to honor those who fought in the Korean War.
Seoul hosts first reciprocal repatriation ceremony for Korean War fallen
The reciprocal repatriation ceremony between the U.S. and South Korea was the first in their decades-long effort to account for those still missing from the conflict.
US, South Korea launch nationwide search for Korean War remains
Seoul and Washington are planning a joint search for the remains of U.S. service members missing from the Korean War, according to South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense.
He died in a Korean War prison camp. Now Emil Kapaun could become the US military’s first saint.
Kapaun’s capture and death at the hands of Chinese forces during the Korean War earned him the Medal of Honor and a lasting reputation among generations of soldiers and chaplains.
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.
Sunken Devastator torpedo bomber from WWII may become first of its kind in a museum
The Devastator torpedo bomber’s role in World War II was short-lived but historic.
Survivors’ words bring Holocaust history to life for DOD students in Japan
Holocaust survivor Ella Mandel did not soften her words as she spoke to a group of Defense Department middle school students thousands of miles away.