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.
Briefing Montagnard soldiers, 1964
Staff Sgt. Howard Stevens, left, an American Special Forces adviser, gives a last-minute briefing to Montagnard strike force leaders before a patrol in the Central Highlands. Stevens reminded them of lessons learned on previous patrols, and that a 100-man Viet Cong guerrilla force, armed with mortar and machine guns, was nearby. The photo was taken by Steve Stibbens, the first Stars and Stripes reporter assigned to cover the war in Vietnam, who died Sept. 19, 2020 at age 84.