Celebrity Gallery | 75th Anniversary

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.

Repeat Performance - Alliene Flannary captures the audience with her Sophie Tucker style of singing during the "Laugh With the Girls" show at Ascom, Korea.

Laugh with the Girls, 1962

Actor James Stewart at Tokyo press conference.

James Stewart at Tokyo press conference, 1955

PRETTY BUNDLE - Johnny Grant, USO troupe emcee, carries petite Piper Laurie from their Pan American Clipper at Tokyo 's International airport.

Johnny Grant and Piper Laurie in Tokyo, 1953

Star Player - Roberta Tennes plays a violin number during the "Laugh With the Girls" USO show at the 121st Evacuation Hospital at Ascom, Korea.

Laugh with the Girls, 1962

Tokyo, February, 1988

Mike Tyson in Tokyo, 1988

Tokyo, August, 1986

Kermit the Frog, 1986

Tokyo, February 11, 1990

Buster Douglas beats Mike Tyson, 1990

Guitar legend Les Paul performs at the Grant Heights NCO Club during a tour of military clubs in Japan, the Philippines and Okinawa.

Guitar innovator Les Paul in Japan, 1965

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