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.
House committee’s version of defense bill would secure funding for Stars and Stripes
A House committee’s version of the annual defense spending bill includes $15.5 million in federal funding for Stars and Stripes after the Defense Department proposed cutting the military newspaper from its 2021 budget.
COMMENTARY: Cartoons in Stars and Stripes
One of the items synonymous with newspapers is cartoons.
Remains of six service members killed in Korean War are on their way to US soil
The remains of six service members who fought and died under the United Nations Command during the Korean War left South Korea for Hawaii following a repatriation ceremony Friday at Osan Air Base.
US sends remains of 147 South Korean service members home 70 years after start of Korean War
The remains of 147 South Korean service members killed in the Korean War began their journey home Tuesday during a repatriation ceremony in a hangar at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
Okinawa marks Battle of Okinawa’s 75th anniversary with scaled-back ceremony
Japan marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa on Tuesday with a scaled-down, pandemic version of the annual Irei no Hi ceremony that drew less than a tenth of the attendees of years past.
Fan of Korea veterans maps memorials for the forgotten war
Hannah Kim has met 1,200 Korean War heroes and visited memorials in all 50 states as well as those in U.S. territories and foreign countries that participated in the conflict.