This nameplate was used in 1945
This nameplate was used in 1958
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 March 15, 2017
Yokota Air Base, Japan, January, 1975: A member of the 475th Civil Engineering Squadron's fire protection rescue team rappels down the side of a housing unit at Yokota Air Base. The team practiced procedures to be used in the event of a fire in the high-rise building about three times a month.
