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.
The Beatles at Budokan
IT WAS A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, BUT THE Beatles at least didn't have to cry for help during their first performance Thursday at Tokyo's filled-to-capacity Budokan Hall.
Outnumbered GIs chop up attackers
Fewer than 200 U.S. defenders, backed by massive air support, blasted apart a Red battalion as it tried to overrun their tiny patrol base near the Cambodian border, military spokesmen reported Saturday.
Charged-up Reds paying heavily
The remarkable thing about the battles of Diamond — there have been four of them — is the purity of the brand of war fought on the desolate plain that surrounds the camp.
The longest day for 2 companies ... and the last for 198 attacking North Viets
It was a long day for Companies A and D of the 2nd Bn., 27th Inf. It began at 4:30 a.m. and ended at dawn Tuesday. When it did, a lot of people were dead.
Kennedy vitality, charm glows along the truce line
His hair is greying slightly on the sides and his eyes seem weary — but that familiar Kennedy charm is still here.
Red Skelton's film idea — It grows on you
Red Skelton, the rubber-faced funnyman, says he's figured out a way to revolutionize the centuries-old art of Japanese bonsai, or dwarf tree, gardening.