Hawaii Edition 1945
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From the Archives

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.

File photo

In spare time, GIs in South Korea hit the books, not the bars

When Spc. Brian Gannuscio sees other soldiers heading downrange to spend their free time and money at bars, he thinks about how much they are missing.

Mother Teresa accepts a gift from a child during her visit to Tokyo in April, 1981.

Mother Teresa critical of Japan on abortions

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mother Teresa Friday criticized the "terrible number of abortions" in Japan, and said that an affluent nation permitting so many abortions "must be a poor country."

Boats surround a Japan Air Lines DC-8 that crashed in a shallow part of Tokyo Bay while landing at Haneda International Airport in February, 1982, killing 24 of the 166 passengers and crew on board as the fuselage split in two.

In minutes ... rescue ... death

From the distance, about 300 yards away, the DC-8 looked like an exploded cigar.

Soldiers

U.S. military bases in Korea begin cleanup after massive rainstorm

As the death toll continued to rise from this week’s massive rainstorm in South Korea, the U.S. military on Friday was trying to get a handle on just how extensive the storm’s impact had been on its three bases in Dongducheon.

Evangelist Billy Graham conducts a Sunday service at Yokota Air Base in January, 1994.

Yokota prays with Billy Graham

Yokota Air Base worshiped with Billy Graham Sunday.

A bit wobbly but easy method of crossing ravines and rivers is this three rope bridge. An instructor shows the proper way of crossing.

Army alpinists

DURING A FOUR-WEEK course at what is probably the toughest school in Japan, men scale cliffs using only finger and toe holds, leap off into space from dizzying heights in practice falls and climb over mountains with full packs in pitch darkness.