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.

Artistic background at Yokota, 1976

Kaoru Miyazato, a sixth-grader at Yokota West Elementary School, practices his yo-yo techniques in front of a rank of pop art partridges.

Helicopter lands on the USS Oklahoma City, 1974

A helicopter is guided to a landing on the deck of the Yokosuka-based guided missile light cruiser USS Oklahoma City, the flagship of Vice Adm. George P. Steele, commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet.

New names, same Navy

The U.S. Navy in the past two centuries has had jobs that have certainly been tagged with colorful nautical names.

President Gerald Ford in Tokyo, 1975

President Gerald Ford and his wife, Betty, wave as they board Air Force One at Haneda Airport to continue on their trip to China.

'Operation Huey Wash' a big deal every month

What can you do when your washday comes but once a month and your laundry pile is 12 feet high, 57 feet long, eight feet wide and weighs in at almost 6,000 pounds?

Readying the Midway for another trip out

She's nearly 32 and, like everyone, needs occasional respite from normal routine to get herself back into tip-top shape.