Indianapolis

Nearly 70 years after USS Indianapolis tragedy, survivor tells his tale

Just past midnight July 30, 1945, two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine struck the USS Indianapolis with almost 1,200 people aboard.

DOD sued over plan to build firing ranges on Guam ancestral land

Three private groups jointly filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Department of Defense in an effort to prevent the military from building firing ranges on ancestral lands in Guam.

Are troops in Japan prepared if another disaster strikes?

Military leaders in Japan say they are concerned that servicemembers are not ready for another disaster despite seeing the devastating effects firsthand in March.

Seabees still working in tsunami-ravaged northern Japan

For the last nine weeks, a three-man team of Navy Seabees has labored along the northeastern Japanese coastline, helping local residents clean massive debris fields left when the March 11 earthquake and tsunamis devastated the area.

Pacific exchanges hit or miss for popular toys

A lot of children on U.S. bases across the Pacific could wake up Christmas morning to some of the hottest selling toys in America.

Chinese-American Marines risked more than most on Korean War battlefields

The possibility of dying from friendly fire was a worry for Franklin Chang, one of a small group of Chinese American Marines who fought in the Korean War.

A timeline of the Korean War

A timeline of the Korean War, showing key events of the conflict that began on June 25, 1950.