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.
Whitey Herzog and Stan Musial, 1988
Tokyo, January, 1988: St. Louis Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog listens to a question as Hall of Famer Stan Musial signs an autograph during a goodwill tour of Japan. The two were joined on the tour by shortstop Ozzie Smith and outfielder Vince Coleman. Herzog and Smith eventually joined Musial in the Hall of Fame, Smith in 2002 and Herzog in 2010.
By R.J. Oriez | STARS AND STRIPES January 22, 2011
Tokyo, January, 1988: St. Louis Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog listens to a question as Hall of Famer Stan Musial signs an autograph during a goodwill tour of Japan. The two were joined on the tour by shortstop Ozzie Smith and outfielder Vince Coleman. Herzog and Smith eventually joined Musial in the Hall of Fame, Smith in 2002 and Herzog in 2010.
