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.
Celebrities
Tokyo Lensmen mob Chaplin
Silent-era film comedian Charlie Chaplin, 72, flew into Tokyo International Airport Tuesday and immediately encountered one of the most formidable adversaries facing visiting celebrities: the Japanese photo corps.
Famed '39-year-old' Jack Benny in Tokyo on a whim
Jack Benny, perennial 39-year-old comedian who will celebrate his 49th year in show business in a few months, was lounging in a dressing gown at his Imperial Hotel suite Tuesday morning after a spur-of-the-moment decision brought him vacationing to Tokyo.
A golf perfectionist's aim: Improvement
So you win nearly $300,000, capture six major tourney championships, score a near miss in capturing pro golf's "Grand Slam" and are named the Professional Golf Association Player of the Year — all in 12 short months.
Stan 'The Man' Musial — A class guy
Stan "The Man" Musial's baseball fame knows no boundaries.
Major leaguers close out with no-hitter
The no-hit parade marched out of the 1990 season in grand fashion.
Nike's disciples pack arena's pews
It was at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics when a Japanese journalist asked Michael Jordan how it feels to be God.
