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.
Debbie Reynolds in Asia, 1955
Actress Debbie Reynolds flips through the Stars and Stripes newspaper. The front page news notes boxer Rocky Marciano retaining his world heavyweight title after a technical knockout in the ninth round over rival Don Cockell. Miss Reynolds was happy to hear the news as Marcianno's win won her $15 in a bet. Miss. Reynolds arrived at Haneda Airport for a week long Far East tour with disc jockey Johhny Grant and his troup to entertain the troops. The tour will include stops in both Japan as well as South Korea. Debbie displays story which won her $15.
