Masamitsu Yoshioka, last of Japan’s Pearl Harbor attack force, dies at 106

Masamitsu Yoshioka, who was widely acknowledged as the last remaining witness to the Pearl Harbor attack from the side of the Imperial Japanese forces, died last month at the age of 106. As a bombardier, he launched a torpedo during the attack that hit the battleship USS Utah where 58 men lost their lives. “I think of the people who died because of me,” he said.

Kids zoom down slide in England, 2008

Fulbourn, England, Sep. 12, 2008: Chloe and Sonny, both 3, zoom down the slide at Cheeky Monkeys in Fulbourn.

From the Archives: Hazy shade of success

Two ID troops complete annual training event. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Mar. 7, 2002. It is republished unedited in its original form.

Soldier on a boat in South Korea, 2002

Imjin river valley, South Korea, Mar. 2, 2002: Army Pvt. Jason Rivas, a bridge crewmember on a bridge-erection boat, keeps in position the bays, which form the bridge, at the Army Training Evaluation Program in South Korea.

Airman on an F-15 C at RAF Lakenheath, 2009

RAF Lakenheath, England, Mar. 6, 2009: Senior Airman Cory Smith, with the 493rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit at RAF Lakenheath, puts the final touches on an F-15 C Friday before the jet departed for Gran Canaria.

New White House museum offers a high-tech glimpse of the executive mansion

The People’s House, created by the White House Historical Association, gives the public a free, interactive way to explore 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Afghan medic by a medevac helicopter at Kandahar Air Field, 2011

Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2011: Afghan air force flight medic Sgt. Gulap Ahmadzia pauses near a U.S. medevac helicopter at Mustang Ramp at Kandahar Airfield.