This nameplate was used in 1977
This nameplate has been in use since 2001
March7th - March 13th
An aerial view of damage to Sukuiso, Japan, a week after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area.
Dylan McCord/U.S. Navy photo
By Staff | Stars and Stripes March 7, 2021
March 9th, 1945 – World War II: Japanese forces in French Indochina remove the French from power.
March 10th, 1945 – World War II: The U.S. firebombs Tokyo and kills more than 100,000.
March 11th, 2011 – A devastating 9.0 earthquake strikes 81 miles east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills thousands.
March 12th, 2004 – The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached.
March 13th, 1988 – The longest undersea tunnel in the world, the Seikan Tunnel, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.