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.
Tachikawa Air Base, 1960
GIFT FOR KOREA FROM TEXAS ARRIVES AT TACIKAWA AB: Capt. Simon (seated) and Capt. Whistler Inspect Tractor. Capt. Thomas Simon (seated) and Capt. John C. Whistler inspect a Minneapolis-Moline tractor in the belly of a C-130 plane. The tractor and a plow (not visible) are a gift for the Orphanage Home of Korea in Seoul. The tractor is a gift from the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Texas, while the plow was donated by Graham Plow, Inc., of Amarillo, TX. The cargo arrived at Tachikawa Air Base in the Hercules plane piloted by Capt. Simon.
 and Capt. Whistler Inspect Tractor. Capt. Thomas Simon (seated) and Capt. John C. Whistler inspect a Minneapolis-Moline tractor in the belly of a C-130 plane. The tractor and a plow (not visible) are a gift for the Orphanage Home of Korea in Seoul. The tractor is a gift from the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Texas, while the plow was donated by Graham Plow, Inc., of Amarillo, TX. The cargo arrived at Tachikawa Air Base in the Hercules plane piloted by Capt. Simon.
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