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Memories with Stars and Stripes
A collection of reader submitted Memories with Stars and Stripes Pacific.
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Okinawans reflect on tragedy of war 80 years after bloody WWII battle
ITOMAN, Okinawa — Thousands filled Peace Memorial Park on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa, as U.S.
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‘He never came back’: Marine family helps add WWII medic’s name to Okinawa memorial
ITOMAN, Okinawa — Eighty years after Navy hospital corpsman Vernon “Monk” Martin was killed in the Battle of Okinawa, his name has been added to a
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Okinawa-based Marine gets medal for role in WWII remains recovery on Guadalcanal
A Marine has been honored for helping recover American troops’ remains from a World War II battlefield in the Solomon Islands.
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Japanese soldier killed in Battle of Okinawa ID’d by DNA, a first for Japan
Human remains discovered on Okinawa in 2004 have been identified as those of a Japanese soldier, marking the first time DNA alone was used to confirm the identity of a casualty from the Battle of Okinawa.
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Air Force colonel takes over Korea-based fighter wing once commanded by her husband
It is the second time Col. Kathryn Gaetke has taken a leadership role previously held by her husband, Col. Matthew Gaetke, also an F-16 pilot.
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Great-grandson of fallen B-29 pilot makes pilgrimage to WWII crash site in Japan
Tyler Smith, a recreation planner from San Francisco, recently climbed a forested mountainside in western Tokyo to honor the memory of his great-grandfather, one of five American airmen killed when their B-29 Superfortress crashed during a World War II bombing raid over Japan.