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Peeking in, 2003

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Boys stare through the broken windows of a local school in the village of Shanafiya in southern Iraq, August 2003.

Asian-Pacific Day at Yokota, 2018

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Students don traditional Japanese kimono with help from local volunteers during Asian-Pacific Day at Yokota High School, May 3, 2018.

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Hed: Fukuoka Parade, 1960 Kyushu Island, Japan, October 1960: Japanese women, dressed in traditional dress, carry lanterns advertising the Fukuoka Night Club. They and many other merchants of Hakata, Fukuoka's commercial district, participated in the Hakata Okunchi Festival parades here Saturday and Sunday, October 22 and 23, 1960. The two-day festival dates back to feudal days when merchants of Hakata originated the festival. It gives thanks to the gods for Autumn’s harvest, with the parades starting at the Kushida Shrine, dedicated to Hakata's Shinto deities Ohata Omikami (Kushida Omikami), Amaterasu Omikami, and Susanoo Omikami (Gion Omikami). Apart from covering the U.S. military in the Pacific, staff at the Pacific editions of Stars and Stripes also covered - and photographed - local events and crafts, resulting in our archives holding some amazing shots like this one. Check out Stars and Stripes Pacific's special 80th anniversary section here. https://80.stripes.com/80th-home META TAGS: Pacific; Japan; Kyushu Island; Itazuke Airbase; Hakata; Japanese culture; Japanese customs; Japanese tradition; festival; locals; parade

Fukuoka Parade, 1960

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Japanese women in traditional dress carry lanterns advertising the Fukuoka Night Club on Kyushu Island, Japan, October 1960.

Hed: Catch 'm when you can, 2003 Highway 1, Iraq, Mar. 22, 2003: Spc. Stacy Miller of the Illesheim-based 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment grabs a few winks as the convoy of 11th Aviation Regiment units stops along Highway 1, near An Nasiriyah in southern Iraq. There were few opportunities for soldiers to sleep during the three-day trip from Camp Udairi, Kuwait, to 11th Aviation's new base in central Iraq, so they slept where and when they could. Read the story on the convoy here. https://www.stripes.com/history/2003-03-30/on-the-road-to-baghdad-1498960.html1 META TAGS: Operation Iraqi Freedom; Wars on Terror; U.S. Army;

Catch them when you can, 2003

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Spc. Stacy Miller of the Illesheim-based 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment grabs a few winks as the convoy of 11th Aviation Regiment units stops along Highway 1, near An Nasiriyah in southern Iraq on March 22, 2003.

Hed: Your joke better not bomb, 1968 Somewhere off the coast of North Vietnam, July 15, 1968: Crew members laugh at a joke while rearming operations of the USS Buchanan during Operation Sea Dragon are underway. Several U.S naval ships took part in the operation, conducting naval bombardments at targets north of Dong Hoi, North Vietnam. Read the article about Operation Sea Dragon here. https://www.stripes.com/history/2022-09-19/navy-sea-dragon-farewell-1968-7257211.html Looking for Stars and Stripes’ coverage of the Vietnam War? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: Pacific; North Vietnam; Vietnam War; Gulf of Tonkin; U.S. Navy; Operation Sea Dragon; naval operations; servicemember; sailor

Your joke better not bomb, 1968

Crew members laugh at a joke while rearming operations of the USS Buchanan during Operation Sea Dragon are underway somewhere off the coast of North Vietnam, July 15, 1968.

Hed: The Librarian and the General, 1955 Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 3, 1955: General Lyman Louis "L.L." Lemnitzer looks through some files in the Pacific Stars and Stripes library as librarian Toshi Tokunage looks on. Gen. Lemnitzer visited the paper's offices at Hardy Barracks on its 10th anniversary, Oct. 3, 1955. Accompanying him were Col. Karl W. Scherer, U.S. Army Forces Far East (AFFE)/Eighth Army chief of information; Lt. Col. Joe B. Goodrich, Troop Information and Education (TI&E) executive officer, and Maj. Jean W. Hollstein, one of the general’s aides. Toshi Cooper (nee Tokunaga) was Stars and Stripes Pacific's librarian for decade, starting as the assistant librarian in 1948 but making herself quickly indispensable. Read an interview with Toshi on Stars and Stripes Pacific's 80 Anniversary page. https://80.stripes.com/our-history/toshi-cooper-librarian META TAGS: SSP 80 Anniversary; Pacific Stars and Stripes; Stars and Stripes History; Stars and Stripes personnel; newspaper history; organizational history; Toshi Cooper

The Librarian and the General, 1955

From the Stars and Stripes archives: General Lyman Louis “L.L.” Lemnitzer looks through some files in the Pacific Stars and Stripes library as librarian Toshi Tokunage looks on in Tokyo, Oct. 3, 1955.

Hed: Getting the news, 1958 Tokyo, Japan, Sometime in 1958: Stars and Stripes staff writer Millard "Corky" Alexander types out the news dictated to him over the telephone. Alexander worked as a staff writer and assistant city editor for Pacific Stars and Stripes from 1957 to 1962. He would go on to co-found the Tokyo Weekender together with fellow S&S staff writer Susan Scully (nee Dibble) (1965 to 1967). The magazine, which saw its first issue roll of the press Feb. 13, 1970, still publishes today. Check out Stars and Stripes Pacific's special 80th anniversary section highlighting other former Stars and Stripes Pacific staffers here. https://80.stripes.com/80th-home And read one of Corky's stories here. META TAGS: SSP 80th anniversary; Stars and Stripes history; Stars and Stripes personnel; newspaper; journalists; journalism; typewriter;

Getting the news, 1958

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Stars and Stripes staff writer Millard “Corky” Alexander types out the news dictated to him over the telephone in Tokyo, 1958.

Hed: American Soba boy, 1959 Tokyo, Japan, October 1959: Like many young American boys, Bill Wheeler has a part-time job after school. What is unusual is the job. Bill is a soba boy. The 11-year-old youngster is learning the intricate recipes and cooking methods of making the 40-odd varieties of Soba. "I'm not the greatest cook in the world yet, but it's fun to try." During Pacific Stars and Stripes' 80-year run, our staff has written about all the different aspects of military life and the experiences military families have when living abroad. Read young Bill Wheeler's full story and see additional photographs here. Be sure to check out Pacific Stars and Stripes' 80th anniversary special here. https://80.stripes.com/index.php/80th-home META TAGS: Japanese custom; Japanese culture; Japanese food; dependent; military family; culinary culture; foodways; American-Japanese relations; restaurant; children; boy

American Soba boy, 1959

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Eleven-year-old Bill Wheeler is learning the intricate recipes and cooking methods of making the 40-odd varieties of Soba in Tokyo, October 1959.

Hed: Ready to celebrate, 1959 Tokyo, Japan, June 1959: Stars and Stripes Pacific staffers are ready to celebrate! Today - May 14, 2025 - marks the 80th anniversary of the Pacific Stars and Stripes and what better way to celebrate than have our former staffers toast! The photo was taken when Shel Silverstein (on the left) revisited the Tokyo Office in 1959. Silverstein - better known to the greater public as the author of the children's book "The Giving Tree," worked for Pacific Stars and Stripes as a cartoonist from 1954-1956 and drew - among other things - the cartoon “Take Ten.” Picture with Silverstein are his former colleagues Al Ricketts (middle), entertainment editor and columnist (1952-1968) and Pat Carroll, staff writer (1954-1959) and holder of a giant bottle of Sake. Check out Stars and Stripes Pacific's special 80th anniversary section here. https://80.stripes.com/80th-home META TAGS: SSP 80th anniversary; Stars and Stripes history; Stars and Stripes personnel; editorial; news room; artist; reporters; sake

Ready to celebrate, 1959

Pacific Stars and Stripes cartoonist Shel Silverstein and his former colleagues Al Ricketts (middle), entertainment editor and columnist (1952-1968) and Pat Carroll, staff writer (1954-1959) and holder of a giant bottle of Sake in Tokyo, June 1959.

Hed: Fan dance for First Lady, 2002 Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 20, 2002: Korean teens from Choong-buk Arts High School perform a traditional fan dance for Laura Bush at the Samcheong-kag theater in Seoul. META TAGS: META TAGS: Japanese Americans; Asian Americans; Pacific Americans;

Fan dance for First Lady, 2002

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Korean teens from Choong-buk Arts High School perform a traditional fan dance for Laura Bush at the Samcheong-kag theater in Seoul on Feb. 20, 2002.

Hed: Checking the paper, 1956 Tokyo, Japan,Nov. 1, 1956: Yukichi Ono (right), pressman, adjusts the printing machine setting while Kensuke Oizumi (left), pressman checks a Stars and Stripes Pacific edition newspaper coming from the printing machine at Hardy Barracks. One of the archival holdings at the Stars and Stripes Pacific Archives is a photo album from the 1950s which holds many images of the paper's staff and operations, including this one. Through careful digitization of these prints, Stars and Stripes archive staff ensures our history and the history of the U.S. military operations in the Pacific is preserved. Stars and Stripes still prints at the Hardy Barracks today. Check out Stars and Stripes Pacific's special 80th anniversary section here. https://80.stripes.com/80th-home META TAGS: SSP 80th anniversary; Stars and Stripes history; Stars and Stripes personnel; newspaper; printer; print shop; print press

Checking the paper, 1956

From the Stars and Stripes archives: One pressman adjusts the printing machine setting while another checks a Stars and Stripes Pacific edition newspaper coming from the printing machine at Hardy Barracks in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 1, 1956.

Hed: Anybody home, 2007 Albu Faraj, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2007: An Iraqi policeman searches a home suspected to be a base of operations for insurgents. Like most of the Albu Faraj officers, he wears a scarf to hid his identity for safety reasons. Iraqi Border Police Col. Yousef Tariq, who is represents police officers in Jazeera where Albu Faraj is located, said he is against the practice of concealing identities, but added that as places become more secure the police officers feel more comfortable to reveal who they are. "Slowly but surely we'll get to where we want to be," he said. Read the 2007 article on the Iraqi operations in Albu Faraj here. https://www.stripes.com/news/2007-01-16/iraqi-cops-take-the-lead-with-a-little-help-1975735.html1 META TAGS: Operation Iraqi Freedom; Wars on Terror;

Anybody home, 2007

From the Stars and Stripes archives: An Iraqi policeman searches a home suspected to be a base of operations for insurgents in Albu Faraj, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2007.

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