Stripes Today
A bullet creased a Navy heart at Pearl Harbor and sparked a WWII love story
During their nearly 50 years together, Alice Darrow was fond of saying she filled the bullet-sized hole in her Navy husband’s heart from the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor with love.
Searchable 3D map highlights names of US casualties at WWII Battle of Okinawa
A Japanese firm has created an interactive website where families of U.S. troops killed during the Battle of Okinawa can see their loved ones’ names on the island’s Cornerstone of Peace memorial.
Homeschoolers at Army base in South Korea prep for a new school year
Homeschooled children at Camp Humphreys met up for their own back-to-school event. U.S. military families are twice as likely to homeschool their children when compared to civilian families, according to one study.
Vietnam-era veterans given hallucinogens in secret experiments face VA denials for back pay
Veterans injured in secret military experiments that tested hallucinogens and nerve gas on young troops more than 50 years ago said their renewed appeals for retroactive disability benefits are being denied, though a federal court directed the payouts.
Isotope test reveals WWII remains found on Okinawa are likely American
Japanese scientists using an improved method of analysis recently identified a third set of remains as likely those of an American service member who fought on Okinawa during World War II.
Yokota airmen to shoulder base’s portable Japanese shrine for first time since 2019
For the first time in five years, airmen volunteers from Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo will shoulder a mikoshi and take part in an annual Japanese festival in Fussa, Japan.
Hiroshima pauses in silence to mark 80 years since world’s first atomic bombing
More than 55,000 people standing in Peace Memorial Park bowed their heads at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, marking with silence the precise moment that the U.S. military dropped an atomic bomb on this city 80 years ago.