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.
Koreas
Sweat gives tanks chance for winning shot
Being a tank crew member with the 1st Bn., 72nd Armor, 2nd Inf. Div., isn't all bright lights and fame. It's grease on the face, fatigues soaked with engine oil, and some back-breaking work.
Report: U.S. proposes time to move Yongsan Garrison, 2nd ID in S. Korea
U.S. Forces Korea had no comment Wednesday on newspaper accounts reporting that the United States proposed a timetable for moving its forces in South Korea.
New 2nd Infantry Division museum celebrates Army’s history on Korean Peninsula
A handmade flag partly colored with blood and used to memorialize prisoners of war. A 2nd Infantry Division insignia that was carried to the moon. The helmet worn by a highly decorated general in the Korean War.
50 years ago, Korea armistice ended fighting, began imperfect peace
In Korea, the decision has been on hold for 50 years. Peace was brought by the Armistice Agreement, a document that ended the fighting on July 27, 1953 at 10 p.m. but also left Korea unnaturally divided.
S. Koreans living in DMZ village enjoy great benefits — and high risk
The residents of this hamlet don’t pay taxes or perform the military service mandatory for men elsewhere. They have a competitive school and some of the best farmland in South Korea.
Soldiers battle helicopter downdraft while assembling bridges
Standing under a Chinook helicopter while it hovers a few yards overhead feels like going outside in a hurricane.
Amid doubts over sinking of Cheonan, U.S. and S. Korean navies conduct anti-sub drills
Amid significant skepticism among South Koreans that a North Korean torpedo is to blame for the sinking of a warship, the U.S. and South Korea will conduct joint anti-submarine warfare exercises next week to send a message to the North.
