Stripes Today
‘Star Trek’ actor recalls boyhood detention during WWII in camp for Japanese-Americans
George Takei was among the tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast whom President Franklin Roosevelt ordered removed to inland camps after Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
‘Antiques Roadshow’-type find at Army base in Japan recalls Korean War armistice
Tucked away inside a cardboard box at the headquarters of U.S. Army Japan is a relic of the original armistice that ended the Korean War 72 years ago.
David Mazzarella, editor who championed independent military journalism at Stars and Stripes, dies at 87
Former Stars and Stripes editor David Mazzarella, whose newspaper career spanned 45 years as a reporter, editor and executive, died Thursday from complications of a fall, his obituary said.
USS Arizona Memorial tour reservations paused amid preservation efforts
The National Park Service is temporarily suspending advance reservations for tours of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor scheduled past Sept. 3 due to ongoing preservation work to the popular tourist site.
Would-be Japanese kamikaze pilot reflects on war and peace 80 years after WWII
A former Japanese army pilot who helped train the infamous kamikaze — flyers who deliberately crashed into their targets — is still telling his story 80 years after the end of World War II, in part to honor friends who died during the conflict.
‘Guardian of peace’: UN Command marks 75 years on Korean Peninsula
The multinational U.N. Command marked its 75th year of mediating disputes between North and South Korea with the firing of 17 simulated artillery rounds that echoed throughout this Army base on Tuesday.
‘Fuji Fire’ chronicles a largely forgotten Marine Corps tragedy in Japan
A retired Marine’s new book recounts the 1979 fire that killed 13 Marines and injured more than 70 others at a U.S. military training center near the base of Mount Fuji.