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.
Mills wins Olympic gold, 1964
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Billy Mills sits down after winning Olympic gold at the 10,000 meters. Mills beat 37 of the world's top endurance racers in the 10,000 meters with an Olympic record time of 28 minutes, 24.4 seconds. Mills won a dramatic, elbow-jabbing, traffic-jam stretch run, beating out Mohammed Gamoudi of Tunesia, who got second, and world record holder and favorite Ron Clarke of Australia, who captured the bronze medal.
