Stripes Today
Memories with Stars and Stripes
A collection of reader submitted Memories with Stars and Stripes Pacific.
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Survivors’ words bring Holocaust history to life for DOD students in Japan
Holocaust survivor Ella Mandel did not soften her words as she spoke to a group of Defense Department middle school students thousands of miles away.
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Sunken Devastator torpedo bomber from WWII may become first of its kind in a museum
No vestige of the World War II-era Devastator torpedo bomber is found in any museum or collection anywhere in the world.
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15 years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, recovery continues in a changed landscape
Nature is reclaiming abandoned buildings in the exclusion zone surrounding Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, an area that appears frozen in time 15 years after disaster struck.
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‘Going in their honor’: Vietnam veterans to visit key battle sites for first time since war’s end
Veterans returning to Vietnam to tour battle sites in Hanoi, Da Nang, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City.
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Veteran barber closes decades-old shop on US military base in downtown Tokyo
The old scissors remain straight and sharp in the hands of 84-year-old retired barber Harumi Aketo.
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Memorial honors WWII soldiers torpedoed in Hawaii waters in 1942
The Hawaii Army National Guard dedicated a new memorial this week honoring the 26 guardsmen aboard a transport boat sunk by a Japanese torpedo while near Maui in January 1942.