From the Archives
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.
NFL stars score a big hit with Oki fans
Five National Football League stars kept a crowd of nearly 300 persons enthralled at the Okinawa USO with gridiron anecdotes and some insight into the world of the pros.
Off-base bar owners lamenting military curfew in Japan
The colorful neon signs still blaze at bars outside Kadena Air Base, but the front doors are shut and there are no Americans in sight in the normally bustling Okinawa entertainment district.
Japan prime minister tells Okinawa U.S. Marines will stay
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Sunday made it official: Marine air units will be staying on Okinawa.
From the S&S archives: Marine on Okinawa: 'I saw a grown man cry'
"Stunned shock" was the reaction of U.S. military personnel and Ryukyuan citizens on Okinawa Saturday as news of President Kennedy's death spread throughout the island.
Special Forces sergeant has nerve-wracking job
Instead of moving forward to fire on the fleeing Viet Cong, the excited bazookaman rammed a shell in the tube, aimed at the ridge in front, and squeezed.
Film inspired by rape of Okinawa girl by U.S. troops
"Never let them forget." That’s the tagline for "The First Breath of Tengan Rei," a new independent film that focuses on an Okinawa woman who travels to Chicago to confront two Marines who abducted, raped and left her for dead a decade ago.