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Memories with Stars and Stripes
A collection of reader submitted Memories with Stars and Stripes Pacific.
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A year like no other: Revisiting the most-read Stars and Stripes staff stories of 2020
As the world was upended in 2020 by the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, the majority of individuals found themselves tasked with learning to live with a “new normal,” adapting daily routines to the restrictions imposed by social distancing.
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Death of Merrill’s Marauder veteran leaves only seven survivors of the famed WWII unit
James E. Richardson, one of only eight living veterans of the famed Merrill’s Marauders from World War II, died Sunday in Knoxville, Tenn., at the age of 99.
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'Irresponsible, immature … completely lacking in soldierly qualities': Why the Army booted Jerry Garcia 60 years ago
Recruit Jerome J. Garcia’s staunch resistance to the strictures of military life six decades ago got him discharged just months into his enlistment.
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‘Peanuts’ creator Charles Schulz's experiences in WWII shaped the character of Charlie Brown
The cartoonist who created the Peanuts gang and television specials like “A Charlie Brown Christmas" drew from some of his experiences as an Army staff sergeant during World War II to fashion the enduringly popular comic series.
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Christmas Card from Daryl and Theresa Talbot
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Defense bill would continue Stars and Stripes' funding
The compromise Defense Department spending and policy bill lawmakers revealed Thursday would fund Stars and Stripes in 2021, maintaining the news organization that the Pentagon sought to close earlier this year.