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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.
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South Vietnam airport, 1968

South Vietnam airport, 1968

Lt. Regis Milan, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania carries his dog around in a suitcase as he is waiting for his unit to move out of the airport.

Lt. Regis Milan, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania carries his dog around in a suitcase as he is waiting for his unit to move out of the airport. Lt. Milan and the rest of the 6th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 9th Infantry Division soldiers just arrived in country and disembarked at an unidentified South Vietnam airport. Lt. Milan carried the puppy in the suitcase from Fort Lewis, Washington state.

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