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Pacific Stars and Stripes

Newspaper Item Number: 2447Newspaper610201
Pages
0
Media Type
Newspaper
Credit
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Physical Location
Stacks Newspaper Collection
Language(s)
English
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Volume
29
Issue
76
Pacific Stars and Stripes (Troop Information and Education Section, U.S. Army Pacific Forces) - Newspaper - Tokyo
Publication
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Publisher/Org.
Troop Information and Education Section, U.S. Army Pacific Forces
City
Tokyo
Country
Japan
Frequency
Daily
Type
Newspaper
General Note
1945-1999 / Official publication of U.S. Armed Forces in the Far East. / U.S. Army, Pacific Forces ; U.S. Far East Command, Troop Information and Education Section ; U.S. Pacific Command / Also Pacific Stars and Stripes : Korea Edition
Dates
Existence: 18 March 1973
General Note
This edition was signed by many former POWs involed in Operation Homecoming. It was signed by the longest held POW Major Floyd Thompson, Sergeant Ronald R. ridgeway, who had been declared dead and burriedn in a national cemetary in St. Louis, as well as Master Sergeant Harvey Gordon Brande, and Sergeant Robert R. Hille [?].

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2447Newspaper610201

Citation
Pacific Stars and Stripes, 2447Newspaper610201. 18 March 1973, Charles H. Schmidt Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2447Newspaper610201, Accessed 08 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
2447Newspaper610201, Charles H. Schmidt Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 02 May 2016 [Updated: 03 May 2016]