
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.
Muppeteer Henson vocal on video violence
Muppeteer Jim Henson, whose fantasy-world characters changed the face of television, says it could stand more change and should stop using violence as a crutch to prop up viewer interest.
Veterans return to South Korea to mark 2ID anniversary
Bob Haynes expected to be sent to fight in the rapidly escalating war in Vietnam like other men his age in the mid-1960s. Instead, he was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division’s Camp Stanley, a world away from Southeast Asia’s steamy jungles
Powell begins Far East visit
Gen. Colin Powell, chairman of the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived here on Sunday for three days of talks with Japanese leaders and visits to U.S. bases.
US troops at Korea's DMZ guide tours, train, lead no-frills life
It’s a question that never fails to crack up visitors during tours to the Joint Security Area, where North and South Korean soldiers face off inside the Demilitarized Zone separating the rival nations.
Hugh Downs: Today Japan, tomorrow who knows?
Television personality Hugh Downs went to the roof of a Tokyo department store Saturday to do one of the last shows on his nine-year "Today" program, firmly denying that he is giving up the video screen for good.
Talks at Panmunjom fail as sides exchange charges
American and Communist delegates met at Panmunjom again Wednesday as the world awaited news on the Pueblo seizure.