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This website was created and maintained from May 2020 to May 2021 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Stars and Stripes operations in the Pacific.
It will no longer be updated, but we encourage you to explore the site and view content we felt best illustrated Stars and Stripes' continued support of the Pacific theater since 1945.
By Bob Wickley | STARS AND STRIPES July 18, 2017
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June, 1974: Petty Officer 2nd Class Ken Moore might appear to be a potential snack in the sights of a fearsome aquatic creature, but he's actually swimming in front of a search and rescue boat at the Iwakuni crash boat house. Moore, a qualified Navy diver, was assigned to the SAR boat team.
