Norio Muroi

Our History

Muroi Norio, Librarian

Preserving Pacific history: Stripes librarian spent 40 years among the archives

  • After wartime terror and defeat, a life rebuilt around America

    Toshi Tokunaga Cooper and her coworkers listened on the radio as Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender to the Allies on Aug. 15, 1945.

  • Muroi Norio, Librarian

    Preserving Pacific history: Stripes librarian spent 40 years among the archives

  • Exclusive coverage of Olympic doping scandal catapulted former Stars and Stripes staffer’s career

    Among them was former Stars and Stripes Pacific sports staffer Shelley Smith, who was about to get a huge career boost thanks to all that was breaking: “Ben Johnson has been caught taking drugs and is expected to be stripped of his 100-meter gold medal, according to International Olympic Committee sources,” the bulletin read from The Associated Press and other news services and sources.

  • The Pacific stars of Stripes

    Stars and Stripes was meant to be a GI’s newspaper, so it should come as no surprise that many of the publication’s standout journalists were active-duty service members. Stars and Stripes’ Pacific staffers went on to work for “60 Minutes,” draw for Marvel Comics and snap photos for Life magazine.

  • Tom Sutton, Artist

    Long before artist Tom Sutton began contributing to Marvel Comics and the popular Warren Publishing series “Vampirella,” he was sharpening his drawing pencil, and his skills, at Stars and Stripes’ office in downtown Tokyo.

  • Steve Kroft, Reporter

    Veteran broadcaster Steve Kroft, who retired from CBS-TV’s “60 Minutes” in 2019 after three decades with the groundbreaking news program, began his journalism career with Stars and Stripes Pacific during the Vietnam War.