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.
Korean War
MP checkpoint and Freedom Gate bridge en route to Munsan
A convoy of ambulances carrying sick and wounded prisoners of war cross the Freedom Gate bridge, on their way to freedom and home.
A Korean orphan salutes 665th Med. Dep. men
Adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Suderman months ago, the 5-year-old was prevented from joining them in Lanikai, Hawaii by an airline regulation requiring he be escorted by an adult.
A 21-Gun Salute during Korean War memorial services in Seoul
United Nation forces remembered their Korean War dead in ceremonies at the U.N. Military Cemetery and in the city of Seoul. The occasion was the 14th anniversary of the United Nations.
Cpl. Conley released from a Communist prisoner of war camp
Cpl. William L. Conley, 23, Morrilton, Ark., recently released from a Communist prisoner of war camp, and brother, SM Tom, 20, of the destroyer Laws, look at Tom's pictures and clippings from home during their visit on the 8167th Army Hospital sundeck.
U.N. prisoners of war arrive at Panmunjom
An allied prisoner of war peers out the window of an ambulance, a smile on his face. Two groups of 50 Allied POW each were released April 20, 1953 in exchange for 500 sick and wounded communist fighters.
Sick and wounded prisoners of war greeted by U.S. military generals and U.N. officials
Just released sick and wounded prisoners of war are greeted by several U.S. military generals and other U.N. officials. Two groups of 50 Allied POW each were released April 20, 1953 in exchange for 500 sick and wounded communist fighters. There were 14 Americans in the first group, 16 in the second.
Thousands gathered at Republic of Korea Armed Forces Cemetery
Thousands gathered at the Republic of Korea Armed Forces Cemetery on the banks of the Han river to honor their war dead June 6, 1958.
