Masthead 1995
This nameplate was used in 1995
Park Slain 1979
This nameplate was used in 1979

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.

''Woody Woodpecker'' creator Walter Lantz and his wife, Gracie — the ''voice'' of the cartoon character — visit Seoul American School in December, 1969. The Lantzes were on a USO-sponsored tour of the Far East.

'Woody Woodpecker' cartoonist Lantz, wife visit elementary school

With a few deft strokes of a pencil and the sounding of that famous raucous call, Woody Woodpecker, the mischievous tassel-headed bird from the cartoon world, came alive for thousands of U.S. troops in the Republic of Korea.

Bob Hope catches up on some paperwork during the flight to the next stop on his 1964 Christmas tour of Vietnam.

Bob Hope brings Christmas cheer to troops in Vietnam

Bob Hope, who said he wasn't scared to come to Vietnam, but added they had to blindfold the airplane, brought some laughter to a place of war Christmas Eve.

Bob Hope struts onstage carrying a parasol during a show in Southeast Asia in 1965.

I was on the road with Hope

ABOUT NOW, the project officer for the 1964 Bob Hope Christmas show is trying to crowd approximately 58 people, nearly two tons of personal baggage, and another ton of scenery and show props aboard a single C-135 MATS jet.

Joe Namath poses with a group of servicemembers at Camp Oji, Japan, in January, 1969.

Pro gridders and GIs swap quips at gabfest

"When you're down, the mark of a champion is when you can come back." The words were spoken by the Green Bay Packers' tight end Marv Fleming to a group of military patients in the U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Oji, Japan.

Joe Namath signs an autograph for Pfc. Henry Lock at the U.S. Army Hospital on Camp Oji, Japan, in January, 1969.

Now he's Spokesman Joe

"Broadway Joe" Namath, the toast of the sports world, doesn't mind being thrust into the role of spokesman for a generation — "in fact it's real flattering."

Pfc. Gary Rundell of 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry is given a football book by Ray Mansfield, Tom Mack and Rocky Bleier during a drawing at Camp Greaves, near the Korean DMZ.

Five touring NFL stars draw SRO crowds in Korea

A squad of five National Football League (NFL) players, including two from the 1975 Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, wound up a four-day visit in Korea Saturday after spending time with U.S. Army and Air Force units here.