| Story index In
1995, Pacific Stars and Stripes published a special 50th Anniversary issue, featuring
reminiscences by some of the writers and editors who helped build the paper and kept the
readers informed over the years. The following are stories from that edition.
Stripes and its people
Choosing a name was the
first order of business
Watching history as it happened
Librarian-interpreter was in the right place
at the right time
Cartoonist Shel Silverstein: Stripes was his
catapult to success
Korean War
Taking a soldier's risks
to get the stories
Reporting in Korea meant dodging bullets ...
and censors
Vietnam War
Reporters were stand-ins
for readers through wide range of events
Stripes' Saigon bureau was a mixed bag
Two exciting, challenging years
Wrangling, waiting, and missing socks
He begged to go to Vietnam
"The nightmares subside, but they never
disappear"
Gulf War
Phone call meant the war
had finally begun
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