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.
WWII
Death of Merrill’s Marauder veteran leaves only seven survivors of the famed WWII unit
James E. Richardson, one of only eight living veterans of the famed Merrill’s Marauders from World War II, died Sunday in Knoxville, Tenn., at the age of 99.
A new brew for the USS Indianapolis crew
Those who survived the 1945 sinking of the USS Indianapolis tell some pretty incredible tales – unembellished accounts of four hellish days spent adrift in shark-infested waters, where 880 sailors died.
At long last, a final resting place for two men lost during WWII
Two men who served in the Army Air Forces during World War II were finally laid to rest Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery.
Nearly 70 years after USS Indianapolis tragedy, survivor tells his tale
Just past midnight July 30, 1945, two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine struck the USS Indianapolis with almost 1,200 people aboard.
Wreckage of sunken WWII warship USS Indianapolis discovered, Navy announces
The Navy announced on Saturday that the wreckage of the USS Indianapolis was found in the Philippine Sea at a depth of more than 18,000 feet below the water's surface.
White House: Obama will sign burial rights for female WWII pilots
President Barack Obama is expected to sign a law this week allowing a group of trailblazing female World War II pilots to be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, the White House said Thursday.
Obama reinstates burial rights of WASP pilots
President Barack Obama on Friday signed a law reinstating the right of the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, a group of pioneering female fliers, to be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, according to the White House.
