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.
AWs are ‘pretty versatile’ sailors
Seawater sprays from the helicopter rotor wash as figures drop from the aircraft into the murky water.
Volunteers building a home for 77 orphans
The sound of hammers and saws and the smell of paint and plaster fill the air as men of the 6146th Air Force Advisory Group work to build a permanent home, for 77 children of the Sungnam Orphanage.
Flattop getting facelift in dry dock at Yokosuka
Though its crew proudly remembers the aircraft carrier Midway as the queen bee of the U.S. 7th Fleet, the vessel looks more like a beached whale nowadays.
Flag raiser's return to Iwo Jima: 'It all seems impossible'
"It seems impossible that I climbed that far," said Rene Gagnon as he looked down the rugged face of Mount Suribachi.
Isolated GIs guard Korea
From cold, remote mountain tops reaching 4,000 feet above the Demilitarized Zone to the sharp, jagged hills below Kunsan, a U.S. Army brigade is standing guard over Korea.
Guam seeks closure to its nearly 30-year quest for wartime reparations
Rita Santos Cruz is still haunted by the terrifying day when Japanese soldiers burst into her grade school and abruptly ordered all the students to line up outside.