80 Years of Stars and Stripes Pacific

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.

Preparing to cut another name into the black granite of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

The poignant process of etching new names into the Vietnam Wall

Lined row upon row, the names etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial’s polished black granite slabs are a somber reminder that more than 58,000 U.S. troops died — or were listed as missing-in-action — as a result of their involvement in the Vietnam War.

Staff Sgt. Tony Webb leads the kids at Kadena in exercises.

Okinawa staff sergeant's video, class help kids exercise

Staff Sgt. Tony Webb shuffles to the left and shuffles to the right. He scoots two steps forward and two back again, while swinging his arms and punching the air.