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.
Koreas
Sweat gives tanks chance for winning shot
Being a tank crew member with the 1st Bn., 72nd Armor, 2nd Inf. Div., isn't all bright lights and fame. It's grease on the face, fatigues soaked with engine oil, and some back-breaking work.
Military radio had its beginnings in the days of the doughboys
Although American Forces Network Radio has officially been on the air for 60 years, listeners began tuning in at the end of World War I.
University of Maryland extends its military ties
Not many colleges have a campus near the Demilitarized Zone.
Yongsan’s hospital renovation proceeds despite planned move
U.S. Forces Korea is forging ahead with a $70.2 million, three-phase renovation of the 121st Hospital despite pledges to South Korea’s government to move all U.S. forces from the base by 2007.
Tuskegee Airman, visiting Yongsan, talks about integration of military
The day President Truman signed the order desegregating the military in 1948, now-retired Lt. Col. Herbert E. Carter remembers a mix of emotions among his fellow black aviators.
Hundreds mourn Ueno, noted Yongsan photographer
Ray Ueno captured people’s most important moments on film as an accomplished photographer whose smile never faded.
Students from German, American schools in S. Korea swap places
About two dozen students from a local German foreign school came to Seoul American High School on Tuesday as part of a cultural exchange program.
