Hawaii Edition 1945
This nameplate was used in 1945
Troopers block Bama Schools 1963
This nameplate was used in 1963

Japan

George Takei speaks to reporters in front of a blue backdrop.

‘Star Trek’ actor recalls boyhood detention during WWII in camp for Japanese-Americans

George Takei was among the tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast whom President Franklin Roosevelt ordered removed to inland camps after Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.

Evangelist Billy Graham conducts a Sunday service at Yokota Air Base in January, 1994.

Yokota prays with Billy Graham

Yokota Air Base worshiped with Billy Graham Sunday.

A bit wobbly but easy method of crossing ravines and rivers is this three rope bridge. An instructor shows the proper way of crossing.

Army alpinists

DURING A FOUR-WEEK course at what is probably the toughest school in Japan, men scale cliffs using only finger and toe holds, leap off into space from dizzying heights in practice falls and climb over mountains with full packs in pitch darkness.

Search-and-rescue swimmers from Atsugi-based HS-14 are hoisted into their helicopter during annual SAR jump training outside Yokosuka Naval Base.

AWs are ‘pretty versatile’ sailors

Seawater sprays from the helicopter rotor wash as figures drop from the aircraft into the murky water.

The keel of the Midway makes a rare appearance.

Flattop getting facelift in dry dock at Yokosuka

Though its crew proudly remembers the aircraft carrier Midway as the queen bee of the U.S. 7th Fleet, the vessel looks more like a beached whale nowadays.

Mount Suribachi, as seen from a plane carrying Iwo Jima flag raiser Rene Gagnon and his family to the island in February, 1965.

Flag raiser's return to Iwo Jima: 'It all seems impossible'

"It seems impossible that I climbed that far," said Rene Gagnon as he looked down the rugged face of Mount Suribachi.

Camp Zama

Zama rolls along with Jenkins hoopla

When accused U.S. Army deserter Sgt. Charles Jenkins arrived, saluted and turned himself over to Camp Zama authorities Saturday, this small, quiet Army base outside Tokyo found itself in a very unaccustomed spot: the cross hairs of the international media.