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From the Archives: Stripes Man on Scene in Saigon

When the Presidential Palace in Saigon was bombed Tuesday. Pacific Stars and Stripes Photographer M/Sgt. Al Chang was in the street near the palace preparing for a photographic assignment. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Mar. 1, 1962. It is republished unedited in its original form.

A woman in World War II-era work coveralls poses with one foot resting on a step.

‘Rosie the Riveter’ Lucille MacDonald dies at age 98 in Hawaii

Lucille “Cille” MacDonald, who this spring was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for her “Rosie the Riveter” work as a ship welder during World War II, died last week in Hawaii. She was 98.

Pvt. Foster Stevens in his Marine uniform.

A century later, a taped message solves the mystery of a WWI doughboy’s death

Foster Stevens was killed nine days before the Nov. 11, 1918, armistice that ended World War I. Now his family knows about the man who was with him when he died.

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Kadena, Okinawa, March 21, 1958: Miss Haruko Ota, a third grade teacher, peeks over the shoulder of Brenda Sheets, 10, daughter of Master Sgt. and Mrs. W. G. Sheets, as pupils with the right answer raise their hands in their Kadena Air Base fourth grade classroom. Around them a group of Okinawan teachers and parents look over the shoulders of the pupils. Forty-nine Okinawan educators got a first-hand look at American educational methods and were surprised that American students "feel so much at ease in school." The group toured the Kadena Air Base Dependent Elementary School in a visit sponsored by the Ryukyuan-American Community Relations Committee.

The exchange of educational knowledge between US and Okinawan teachers has continued to this day as this recent article testifies. https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-11-07/dodea-schools-coteaching-okinawa-15767493.html

To read what Okinawan and American educators learned from each other back in 1958, check out the original article here.

META TAGS: DoDEA; DODDS; school; education; dependents; Ryukyu; American-Japanese relations; international relations; Okinawans

From the Archives: Okinawa Educators Tour Elementary Classes

Forty-nine Okinawan educators got a first-hand look at American educational methods Friday and were surprised that American students “feel so much at ease in school.” This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific — Okinawa edition, Mar. 23, 1958. It is republished unedited in its original form.

Red Cross Workers - also known as "Donut Dollies" arrive at Bob Hope Show at the 4th Infantry Divisions HQ in Pleiku, South Vietnam, Dec. 20, 1966. Although the Vietnam Donut Dollies served no donuts, the nickname given to them during the Korean War stuck.

From the Archives: Red Cross girls pep up troops with coffee, donuts and shows

A handful of Red Cross girls are traveling hundreds of bumpy miles each week to bring coffee and donuts to American and allied units in the division and to perk up morale with light entertainment. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Dec. 19, 1958. It is republished unedited in its original form.

An American elementary school student works on a laptop computer while a Japanese teacher looks on.

Japanese educators sample DODEA schools’ co-teaching methods on Okinawa

Japanese educators from elementary schools on Okinawa recently visited Kadena Air Base to receive a crash-course in a new method of teaching. In January, their American counterparts will visit their schools to learn how Japanese classrooms are run.

The Liner SS United States Departing, circa 1952.

Luxury liner designed to rush troops to thwart a Soviet invasion to join world’s largest artificial reef

An ocean liner built for a double life as a secret Cold War transport ship for troops will become the world’s largest artificial reef on the ocean floor on the Gulf Coast, according to plans from tourism officials in Okaloosa County, Fla.

Four Marines in uniform, three of them holding weapons, kneel as they prepare to patrol Fallujah, Iraq.

After 20 years, memories of Fallujah linger for veterans still coming to terms with Iraq War

Two decades later, memories from the second Battle of Fallujah, which killed nearly 100 U.S. service members, remain raw for many who fought there. And some continue to grapple with the legacy of what it all meant.

Children dress up in costumes during a Halloween celebration in Germany, 1948

Children — donned in their best Halloween costumes — are eager to pet “Clarence the Camel,” the mascot of the pilots of the 86th Fighter Group and donate some of their candy to the children of Berlin, so that Clarence can ferry them to the blockaded city on his own C47 Operation Vittles flight.

A man stands in the center of a sparse baseball diamond.

As Shohei Ohtani takes center stage, remembering baseball at Manzanar prison camp

In 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed an executive order that officials used to pull Japanese Americans from their homes, force them to sell their property and imprison them in internment camps for years. Baseball, the most American of sports, served as a desperately needed diversion.

A man sits between two women while holding a plaque.

Butler Martin, one of the nation’s first Black Marines, dies at 101

Butler Martin made his mark as a barrier-breaking World War II Marine who trained under challenging conditions in the segregated South. He died Sept. 27 at age 101.

Retired Navy Cmdr. Everett Alvarez speaks during an interview while sitting in front of a picture of a Navy jet and other military memorabilia.

Navy pilot who was second-longest held US prisoner of war in line to receive Congressional Gold Medal

Retired Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr., now 86, was captured Aug. 5, 1964, while on a bombing mission near the North Vietnam-China border. He survived beatings, torture and starvation during 3,113 days of captivity.

An unidentified burn victim is carried on a stretcher out of an ambulance onto a C-141 Air Force plane to be strapped in for the flight Oct. 22, 1979.

From the Archives: 1 Marine killed, 41 hurt in fire

Typhoon Tip trigged a freak fire here Friday [Oct. 19, 1979] that killed a Marine and injured at least 41 other persons, according to Marine officials. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Oct. 21, 1979. It is republished unedited in its original form.

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