Historic Gallery | 80th Anniversary

Col. Alphonse J. V. Fiedorczyk, deputy 8th Army chaplain, examines a charred chapel cabinet from which he salvaged chalices which were unharmed by the flames.

Yongsan's Main Chapel, 1967

Combat military police are briefed on road traffic control. Class in traffic control is given by Capt. Edward Kupec. 7th Infantry Division troops jumped off from rear assembly areas in below freezing weather Wednesday morning, December 16th, and moved into positions in the third day of maneuvers in exercise Mobex Hardstand.

Exercise Mobex Hardstand, 1959

Firemen battle flames that destroyed the Main Post Chapel on Yongsan Compound in Seoul on Christmas night.

Main Post Chapel on Yongsan Compound, 1967

Getting into the Mood for the Christmas season, this USO group puts special touches to holiday decorations at the Seoul USO.

Christmas at Seoul USO, 1957

A beaming Kim Yon Jin - now Jenny Jones - is led down a stairway at Tokyo International Airport Tuesday by Pacific Stars and Stripes Hal Drake (left) and Jim Lea.

Adopted Korean child en route home, 1975

An unidentified member of the 220th "Catkillers" Aviation Company checks the engine of one of the company's airplanes.

220th 'Catkillers' Aviation Company, 1968

Wrecking crews tear down former dependent housing units in the 500 block of the Washington Heights Housing Area to make room for facilities which will be used in the 1964 Olympics.

Washington Heights Housing Area, 1962

Stars and Stripes Pacific reporters and editors are working hard to get copy ready in time for the next print deadline in the newsroom at the paper's Hardy Barracks offices.

Stars and Stripes Pacific newsroom, 1953