Hawaii Edition 1945
This nameplate was used in 1945
Masthead 1995
This nameplate was used in 1995

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Two men in military dress uniforms place a yellow and black ribbon on a large rock with a memorial plaque on it.

Memorial honors WWII soldiers torpedoed in Hawaii waters in 1942

The Hawaii Army National Guard dedicated a new memorial this week honoring the 26 guardsmen aboard a transport boat sunk by a Japanese torpedo while near Maui in January 1942.

A group of men in traditional blue and white patterned Japanese festival clothing (happi coats) carry a portable shrine (mikoshi) on their shoulders during a street festival. The scene takes place on a city street with buildings and power lines visible in the background.

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.

People take photos and read signs in front of the bombed wreckage of a domed building.

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.

An elderly Japanese man wearing a white shirt, green tie and dark-rimmed glasses stands with the assistance on a cane, while another man to the right holds a microphone in front of him and a person to the left records with a video camera.

Hiroshima survivor helps mark 80 years since Lonesome Lady bomber tragedy

A plaque unveiled recently in this rural town near Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni commemorates the nine-member crew of the Lonesome Lady, a B-24 Liberator that crashed on July 28, 1945.

A large booklet that says “Armistice Agreement Maps Volume II” on the cover in black lettering and translated into Chinese and Korean.

‘Antiques Roadshow’-type find at Army base in Japan recalls Korean War armistice

Tucked away inside a cardboard box at the headquarters of U.S. Army Japan is a relic of the original armistice that ended the Korean War 72 years ago.

A man smiles at a woman in an office.

David Mazzarella, editor who championed independent military journalism at Stars and Stripes, dies at 87

Former Stars and Stripes editor David Mazzarella, whose newspaper career spanned 45 years as a reporter, editor and executive, died Thursday from complications of a fall, his obituary said.

A diver in scuba gear is seen just below the surface of water next to the wreckage of a ship, with the sky above the waterline at the top of the scene.

USS Arizona Memorial tour reservations paused amid preservation efforts

The National Park Service is temporarily suspending advance reservations for tours of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor scheduled past Sept. 3 due to ongoing preservation work to the popular tourist site.