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.
Japan
Sonobuoys, 1977
Acoustic monitoring devices called sonobuoys are loaded into the belly of a submarine-tracking P3C Orion aircraft from Patrol Squadron 40 prior to a patrol over the Pacific Ocean.
Did Jesus Walk in Japan?
I found Jesus. In Japan, of all places.
Hiroshima mayor urges action on nuclear disarmament as city marks atomic bombing’s 75th anniversary
The mayor of the first city to be devastated by an atomic bomb urged the world’s nations, including Japan, to take nuclear disarmament more seriously as Hiroshima marked the attack’s 75th anniversary Thursday.
Year in review: A look back at the top Pacific stories from 2002
1. Turmoil in South Korea
Many military retirees living overseas want better services
To make good on his military health care benefits, Jim Houtsma and his family must trek eight hours from his home in the southern Philippines to a hospital in Manila.
Yokosuka mayor thanks Marines, sailors for help after deadly crash
The city of Yokosuka honored servicemembers Monday for their rapid rescue efforts after a car plunged five stories from atop a parking garage with five people inside.
Teen mom, overseas Navy family face hurdles in bid to remain together
Kayla Germany took a pregnancy test before heading to her high school softball team practice, just to make sure.
