The publisher at European Stars and Stripes was an Air Force colonel named Gene Townsend. From a stack of candidates that he later told me was about 140 people, he selected me as editor. He said he received high marks about me from Joe Lyons, who was the publisher of The Times-Union at the time.
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Barry Williams’ journey with Stars and Stripes began long before he joined the organization. As an Air Force officer stationed in Norway in 1985, Williams became an avid reader of the publication. “I was a news junkie,” he recalls, “and Stripes was just something I felt very connected to from the mission.”
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Reflecting on her time with Stars and Stripes, Callahan emphasizes the camaraderie and shared experiences that bonded reporters across different regions. Her advice to current and future “Stripers” begins with a military adage she learned in the mud of Albania: “Embrace the suck and you’ll reap the rewards.”
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I had not written for a weekly or by-weekly newspaper in my life. I had some work to do, I had 90-days to became a professional newspaper man. I discovered that in the SandS Club Bar I was surrounded by people many of which were much older than I, and certainly more educated than I. The first thing I did was ask around about who was the best feature writer…
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The General berated me for not submitting my group’s invasion plan. I was unaware of such a requirement. He insisted everyone must submit one. I replied, “If someone briefs me on what’s going to happen, then I can”.
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Stripes in Normandy: A Reporter’s Journey By David Kiley On June 9, 1944, Sgt. Charles Kiley, reporter for The Stars and Stripes wrote to his fiancée, Billee Gray, from a Liberty Ship steaming toward Normandy: “[We are} bound for what the radio says is “our beachead in Normandy. Looking at the map makes it appear
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The worst ever chow ever? When MacArthur said we’d be home by Christmas the Chinese entered the picture, I was with the 18th FBW at Pyongyang East, a muddy field with a bunch of bombed-out buildings.
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Toshi Tokunaga Cooper Toshi Cooper worked at the Public Information Office at Allied Headquarters in Tokyo after World War II to improve her English by helping American journalists translate information for their articles. Major Fred May, chief of the news section, was impressed by Cooper and asked her to work for the Pacific Stars and
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Francis J. “Red” Grandy January 26, 1922 – August 5, 2018 Francis J. “Red” Grandy was born in 1922 on his family’s dairy farm in Russell, New York. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1942. After 4 years in service, he studied cinema and photography at the University of Southern California. In 1950, he
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Robert J (Bob) BrennanPacific Stars & Stripes, 1971-73 Background: Born 1948Hometown: Mount Carmel, PAEducation: Penn State University, BA JournalismFairfield University, MA in Corporate and Political Communication My Story: During the spring of 1970, with my academic studies at Penn State winding down, I won the lottery. But there was no celebrating nor was there any
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