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.
Edward G. Robinson meets his match, 1961
Tokyo, January, 1961: Movie tough guy Edward G. Robinson meets his match in Stars and Stripes entertainment columnist Al Ricketts. That Robinson would pose for the gag photo is indicative of the esteem in which Ricketts was held by leading members of the Hollywood community — despite his often-scathing reviews. A 1961 "Time" story (illustrated by this photo) suggested that Ricketts was to Stripes what Mickey Mantle was to the New York Yankees.
