Japan
‘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.
'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.
Frank Sinatra, 1974
Frank Sinatra performs for sailors in the hangar bay of the USS Midway at Yokosuka Naval Base.
Batter down, 1976
For many people on U.S. bases in Japan in the 1970s, summertime Saturdays meant a couple of hours spent at the baseball field taking part in Tee-Ball and youth baseball programs as players, coaches umpires or fans.
Makeshift rodeo in Japan, 1974
Stateside rodeo riders Lance Cpl. Marty Rhode of Colome, S.D., and Sgt. Marvin Ratliff of Ruidoso, N.M., had trouble finding opportunities to ride bulls in Japan, so they came up with an alternative.
USS Oklahoma City, 1974
Sailors on the USS Oklahoma City holystone the 7th Fleet flagship's teak deck.