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.
Army missile units stay ready to defend skies over Okinawa
The big Nike-Hercules roared off its launching pad and into the Okinawa sky to signal the opening of the annual missile firing practice of the Army's 30th Arty. Brigade.
Movie role is special for native Okinawan
The movie "The First Breath of Tengan Rei" has a very special place in the heart of Japanese actress Erika, 29, who plays the leading role.
Gunny passes Vietnam's lessons to young warriors
Gunnery Sgt. John Cammack’s running out of room on his National Defense Service Medal.
Sure, the campaign’s over, but don’t forget the mop-up
There is nothing spectacular about the mop-up operation. That would be very nice except that men continue to die in skirmishes waged in caves, draws and canyons. These pitched, butter little battle do not make news.
Okinawans ask why it happened
After the shocking news of President Kennedy's assassination swept Okinawa Saturday, people on the island began asking each other in anguish: "Why did the assassin have to kill. the young President?"
Find Adm. Ota and 5 aides in hara kiri cave
Admiral Minoru Ota is dead. In a cave overlooking the completely levelled installations of the Naha harbor, with only the masts and stacks of sunken ships showing, the commanding officers of the Japanese Okinawa base forces committed suicide.