Japan
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.
Artistic background at Yokota, 1976
Kaoru Miyazato, a sixth-grader at Yokota West Elementary School, practices his yo-yo techniques in front of a rank of pop art partridges.
Helicopter lands on the USS Oklahoma City, 1974
A helicopter is guided to a landing on the deck of the Yokosuka-based guided missile light cruiser USS Oklahoma City, the flagship of Vice Adm. George P. Steele, commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet.
New names, same Navy
The U.S. Navy in the past two centuries has had jobs that have certainly been tagged with colorful nautical names.
President Gerald Ford in Tokyo, 1975
President Gerald Ford and his wife, Betty, wave as they board Air Force One at Haneda Airport to continue on their trip to China.
'Operation Huey Wash' a big deal every month
What can you do when your washday comes but once a month and your laundry pile is 12 feet high, 57 feet long, eight feet wide and weighs in at almost 6,000 pounds?
Readying the Midway for another trip out
She's nearly 32 and, like everyone, needs occasional respite from normal routine to get herself back into tip-top shape.