From the Beginning

Birds-eye-view of the new Hardy Barracks office of the Pacific Stars and Stripes, taken after 1962.

A look back at Stars and Stripes' 75 years in the Pacific

TOKYO – For 75 years Stars and Stripes reporters across the Pacific have covered wars, revolutions, natural disasters and the political changes tha

A beaming Kim Yon Jin - now Jenny Jones - is led down a stairway at Tokyo International Airport Tuesday by Pacific Stars and Stripes Hal Drake (left) and Jim Lea.

The Pacific stars of Stripes

Stars and Stripes was meant to be a GI’s newspaper, so it should come as no surprise that many of the publication’s standout journalists were active-duty service members. Stars and Stripes’ Pacific staffers went on to work for “60 Minutes,” draw for Marvel Comics and snap photos for Life magazine.