Stars and Stripes
Journalism in the Vietnam War panel
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- Journalism in the Vietnam War panel
- Runtime
- 57:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Vietnam War was the first TV war and media coverage changed the perception and support back home in the United States. Hosted by Stars and Stripes, Mark Bowden, author of Hue 1968 and Black Hawk Down, lead the discussion, which included former Stars and Stripes photographer John Olson and Army journalist Calvin Posner. Watch this video for details.
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- Stories from the 498th: The Reunion
- Runtime
- 2:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The 498th Transportation Company out of Mobile, Al., is an United States Army reserve unit that is one of the most decorated companies who served during Operation Iraqi Freedom. In part 3 of this series, the soldiers reflect about attending their first reunion since deployment. Watch this video for details.
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- Sights and Sounds: Tsukayama Park near Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan
- Runtime
- 2:26
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A visit to Tsukayama Park near Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on May 24, 2023.
Produced by Jennessa Davey/Stars and Stripes
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- Fish are displayed as living works of art at colorful aquarium in Tokyo
- Runtime
- 1:55
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- More than 30,000 goldfish are the main attraction at a “living art” museum in Ginza, the high-end shopping district in central Tokyo.
Read more: https://www.stripes.com/living/pacific_travel/quick_trips/2023-03-02/art-aquarium-ginza-tokyo-goldfish-9267484.html
Footage by Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- US says Chinese fighter conducted ‘aggressive’ intercept over South China Sea
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- U.S. military officials on Tuesday, May 31, 2023, accused a Chinese fighter jet of flying too closely last week to an American reconnaissance jet over the South China Sea.
READ MORE: https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-05-30/south-china-sea-intercept-jets-10284230.html
Footage from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- 'Front Toward Enemy: War, Veterans, and the Homefront' with Dr. Dan Green
- Runtime
- 54:11
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- With over 2 million post 9/11 veterans in America, the voice of this generation of vets is getting louder and more pronounced in television, film, theater, and in literature. What does this all mean for those vets transitioning back to a society they don't feel understands them? How do they make peace with wars that never really ended? Jack Murphy talks with Dr. Daniel Green about his book "Front Toward Enemy: War, Veterans, and the Homefront".
This episode is brought to you by Homes For Our Troops, a nonprofit helping build and donate homes to injured post 9/11 veterans. Visit HFOTUSA.org for more information.
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- Memorial Day Observance at the World War II Memorial
- Runtime
- 19:03
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- National World War II Memorial held a tribute to the more than 400,000 Americans who lost their lives during WWII in a special Memorial Day Observance at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Watch this video for details.
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- WWII vet Les Jones talks Memorial Day
- Runtime
- 0:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- World War II veteran Les Jones was a special guest during the Friends of the World War II Memorial program from Memorial Day. We asked Jones about his feelings on Memorial Day. Watch this video for details.
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- Stories from the 498th: Deployment
- Runtime
- 5:05
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The 498th Transportation Company out of Mobile, Al., is an United States Army reserve unit that is one of the most decorated companies who served during Operation Iraqi Freedom. In part 2 of this series, we talk to the soldiers and ask about their deployment to Iraq. Watch this video for details.
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- Stories from the 498th Transportation Company: Meet the 498th
- Runtime
- 6:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The 498th Transportation Company out of Mobile, Al., is an United States Army reserves unit that is one of the most decorated companies who served during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Members of the unit received 23 Bronze Stars and 13 Purple Heart's for their participation and also each of the 136 soldiers returned home safely. Watch this video for details.
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- Poppy Wall honors fallen
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The USAA Poppy Wall of Honor – a temporary installation honoring the more than 645,000 American service members who gave their lives in service to our nation since World War I – has returned to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for Memorial Day weekend. Watch this video for details.
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- Take a look at the World War I Museum and Memorial
- Runtime
- 7:04
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The National World War I Museum and Memorial is located in Kansas City, Mo. and opened in 1926. With artifacts dating from the 1920's, the museum has over 300,000 in its collection. Watch this video for details.
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- Fast Take — Ruck Up or Shut Up with Dr. David Walton
- Runtime
- 34:28
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Military Matters hosts Rod Rodriguez and Jack Murphy discuss Jack's interview with Dr. David Walton, the trauma of the Sand Man, VC bros at SOF Week, and what's coming up next week!
This episode is brought to you by Homes For Our Troops, a nonprofit helping build and donate homes to injured post 9-11 veterans. Visit HFOTUSA.org for more information.
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- Typhoon Mawar’s high winds whip Andersen Air Force Base
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Watch high winds from Typhoon Mawar knock down trees at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. The storm was projected to pass 7 miles northeast of Andersen and 28 miles northeast of Naval Base Guam between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Read more: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-05-24/guam-typhoon-mawar-andersen-10219411.html
Footage by Alina Wright and Kimberly Jones
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- First Friendship Music Festival brings US, Japanese students together
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Student-musicians at Lester Middle School welcomed their counterparts from Mashiki Junior High School for the inaugural Friendship Music Festival at Camp Lester, Okinawa, Saturday, May 20, 2023.
Read more: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-05-22/japanese-american-middle-school-concert-10194930.html
Produced by Matthew M. Burke, Stars and Stripes
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- Virginia War Memorial aims to preserve history
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ben King, Operations Director of the Virginia War Memorial, held a booth at the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War Commemoration in Washington, D.C., to discuss how the memorial honors and preserves history of veterans. Watch this video for details.
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- Mission POW-MIA encourages Americans to never forget
- Runtime
- 1:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Members of Mission POW-MIA had a booth at the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War Commemoration held in Washington, D.C., to make sure people were still aware of those missing in action. Watch this video for details.
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- Hughes OH-6 Cayuse on display at Vietnam Commemoration
- Runtime
- 0:33
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Vietnam War veteran Edmund Hughes talks about the Hughes OH-6 Cayuse helicopter which was on display during the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War Commemoration held in Washington, D.C. Watch this video for details.
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- Ruck Up or Shut Up with Dr. David Walton
- Runtime
- 1:02:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Jack Murphy talks with Dr. David Walton, retired US Army Green Beret, about his new book "Ruck Up or Shut Up: The Comprehensive Guide to Special Forces Assessment and Selection." Walton and Jack discuss what it takes to get through the rigorous assessment and selection process, some Green Beret history, and why you shouldn't spend thousands of dollars on "prep courses." You can find Walton's book on Amazon or follow the link above.
This episode is brought to you by Homes For Our Troops, a nonprofit helping build and donate homes to injured post 9-11 veterans. Visit HFOTUSA.org for more information.
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- Vietnam vet talks training dogs
- Runtime
- 0:46
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Bob Dunn is the Unit Director of the 212 Military Police Company which is in charge of training some military police dogs. Watch this video for details.
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- Airman returns to US base in Tokyo with token of thanks
- Runtime
- 1:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A graduate of the Defense Department high school at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo returned recently to share a combat memento with his former teachers.
READ MORE: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-05-11/combat-flag-syria-yokota-high-japan-10090874.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Former pilot gets emotional talking about Vietnam welcome
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Former Vietnam War pilot Edmund Hughes gets emotional while talking about the three-day event to honor Vietnam War veterans. Watch this video for details.
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- Carper, last Vietnam vet still in senate
- Runtime
- 2:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Senator Tom Carper spoke at the 50th Commemoration of the Vietnam War. Carper is the last veteran of the Vietnam War in the Senate. Watch this video for details.
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- Alvarez: Released
- Runtime
- 7:06
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In the eighth part of the series entitled, "Alvarez," former prisoner of war and Navy fighter pilot Everett Alvarez Jr. talks about getting released from captivity. Watch this video for details.
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- Alvarez, POW part 2
- Runtime
- 6:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In the sixth part of the series entitled, "Alvarez," former prisoner of war and Navy fighter pilot Everett Alvarez Jr. talks about being a POW. Watch this video for details.
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- Alvarez: POW part 3
- Runtime
- 3:13
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In the seventh part of the series entitled, "Alvarez," former prisoner of war and Navy fighter pilot Everett Alvarez Jr. talks about being a POW. Watch this video for details.
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- Alvarez: POW part 1
- Runtime
- 4:52
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In the fifth part of the series entitled, "Alvarez," former prisoner of war and Navy fighter pilot Everett Alvarez Jr. talks about being a POW. Watch this video for details.
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- Alvarez: Plane shot, captured ... not released
- Runtime
- 4:18
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In the fourth part of the series entitled, "Alvarez," former prisoner of war and Navy fighter pilot Everett Alvarez, Jr., talks about his plane being shot down and his capture. Watch this video for details.
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- Alvarez: Gulf of Tonkin
- Runtime
- 4:12
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In the third part of the series entitled, "Alvarez," former prisoner of war and Navy fighter pilot Everett Alvarez Jr. talks about the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Watch this video for details.
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- Cub Scouts burn faded American flags during ceremony in Japan
- Runtime
- 2:33
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Around 30 Cub Scouts gathered around a fire recently to ceremoniously retire more than a dozen U.S. flags donated to the group over the past two years.
READ MORE: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-05-09/cub-scouts-yokosuka-japan-flag-retirement-10058724.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Alvarez: Choosing the military
- Runtime
- 2:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The second part of the series entitled, "Alvarez," former prisoner of war and Navy fighter pilot Everett Alvarez Jr. talks about why the military was his option. Watch this video for details.
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- Alvarez: The early years
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In the first part of the series entitled, "Alvarez," former prisoner of war and Navy fighter pilot Everett Alvarez Jr. talks about his upbringing. Watch this video for details.
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- Walter Reed holds Blessing of the Hands ceremony
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center held the "Blessing of the Hands," a solemn ceremony honoring the dedication and compassion of healthcare professionals, as they use their hands to care for those in need. Watch this video for details.
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- Fast Take - Neil deGrasse Tyson, China Moon, and Jack's SF Workout Program
- Runtime
- 23:29
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- It's the first Fast Take of the new season! Jack and I talk about my discussion with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, his pespective on tech and defense, and next weeks episode!
This episode is brought to you by Homes For Our Troops, a nonprofit helping build and donate homes to injured post 9-11 veterans. Visit HFOTUSA.org for more information.
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- Cultural celebration returns to US base in Japan after long absence
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Japanese, Asian and Pacific Islander culture were on full display Thursday, May 4, 2023, during a celebration missing for five years at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo.
READ MORE: https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-05-04/japanese-culture-yokota-japan-festival-10007270.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson — Science and Defense, the moon situation, and diplomacy in space
- Runtime
- 47:25
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- We're kicking off this new season of Military Matters with a conversation with the co-author of "Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military," Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. We discuss the intersection between science and war, why we're racing to the moon once again except this time against China, and whether humanity has learned anything about exploring and colonizing as we venture past our own solar system.
This episode is brought to you by Homes For Our Troops, a nonprofit helping build and donate homes to injured post 9-11 veterans. Visit HFOTUSA.org for more information.
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- Fort Gregg-Adams unveiled
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Take a look at the redesignation ceremony of the United States Army Fort Gregg-Adams. Watch this video of details.
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- Gregg delivers speech at ceremony for base redesignation
- Runtime
- 7:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Former United States Army Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg delivered remarks during a ceremony redesignating the former Fort Lee in Virginia to Fort Gregg-Adams. Gregg, is the only living soldier to ever have a installation named after him. Watch this video for details.
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- Responsibility acknowledged as first living soldier with post
- Runtime
- 0:40
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Retired Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg is the first living person in modern United States history to have a base named after him. Watch this video for details.
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- Gregg talks being denied entrance in 50's to base now named after him
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- United States Army retired Lt. Col. Gen. Arthur Gregg talked about installation being named after him after being denied access 70 years ago. Watch this video for details.
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- Gregg, Adams family talk honor of namesake redesignation
- Runtime
- 2:21
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- United States Army retired Lt. Col. Gen. Arthur Gregg, and two children of Lt. Col. Charity Adams, talked about the honor of having a redesignation ceremony in their names.
Watch this video for details.
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- Marines participate in motorcycle mentorship program
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Marines in the 2nd Division located at Camp Lejeune, N.C. participated in the quarterly motorcycle mentorship program on April 21, 2023. Watch this video for details.
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- Expedition discovers wreck of Japanese ‘hell ship’ that carried more than 1,000 POWs
- Runtime
- 2:06
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Explorers have discovered the wreck of a World War II-era Japanese ship that carried more than 1,000 prisoners of war off the coast of the Philippines, solving an 80-year-old mystery, the expedition announced Saturday.
Read more: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-04-24/japanese-hell-ship-wreck-ww2-9901709.html
Footage by Silentworld Foundation
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Club renamed for Black Army officer previously denied entrance
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In 1950, newly commissioned 2nd Lt. Arthur J. Gregg was forbidden to step foot inside the whites-only officer’s club. Seventy-three years later, the facility bears his name.
Watch this video for details.
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- Army Reserve celebrates 115th birthday at Fort Belvor
- Runtime
- 20:06
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Military Intelligence Readiness Command hosted its 115th Army Reserve Birthday celebration on April 20, 2023 on Fort Belvoir, Va. Watch this video for details.
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- A Quick Trip to Büdingen, Germany
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Stars and Stripes goes on a Quick Trip to Büdingen, Germany.
Music: Bensound.com/royalty-free-music
License code: KPSELKAO7DG4NXIR
Better Days by Benjamin Tissot
Video by Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes
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- International Sniper Competition held at Fort Benning during Infantry Week
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division based out of Fort Carson, CO., competed in an International Sniper Competition, held at Fort Benning, GA. during Infantry Week, which was held from April 10-17, 2023. Watch this video for details.
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- A visit to Japan’s version of NASA in Ibaraki prefecture
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Tsukuba Space Center is the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s version of NASA mission control.
Read more: https://www.stripes.com/travel/a-visit-to-japan-s-space-center-can-be-out-of-this-world-1.494670
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Air Force Reserve celebrates 75th anniversary
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Commander of the Air Force Reserve Command, Lt. Gen. John P. Healy and Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of Air Force Reserve, Master Sgt. Timothy C. White Jr. celebrated the 75th Anniversary of the Air Force Reserve. Watch this video for details.
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- Nezu Museum offers pre-modern Japanese, East Asian art and garden getaway in Tokyo
- Runtime
- 2:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A long walkway to the entrance of the Nezu Museum takes visitors from the busy streets of Tokyo to the world of pre-modern Japanese and East Asian art.
Read more: https://www.stripes.com/living/pacific_travel/quick_trips/2023-04-13/nezu-museum-tokyo-japan-art-9757953.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
