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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I’m calling it. I’m saying I was the last draftee to work at the European Stars and Stripes. The draft ended in December, 1972 and I was snagged in October. I had successfully avoided the draft for four years as a journalism student at University of Nevada, Reno. After basic and medic training at Fort
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Gary Cooper (1944-2022) was a photojournalist who began his career as a reporter for the Pacific Stars and Stripes (PSS) in the mid-60s. He covered various stories during his time there, including a page one story in the July 13, 1966, Pacific Stars and Stripes newspaper. After leaving the PSS, Cooper worked for the Miami
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Michelantonio Celestino Onofrio “Tony” Vaccaro (December 20, 1922 – December 28, 2022) was a photographer who is best known for his photos taken in Europe during 1944 and 1945, and in Germany immediately following World War II. He subsequently became a fashion and lifestyle photographer for American magazines. As a high school student in the
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Stars and Stripes reporter, Gary Cooper captures images of a firefight in Vietnam
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The Union Soldiers of 1861 The First Stars & Stripes Staff The Publishers: BENSON T. ATHERTON of Fairfield, Illinois was the publisher of the Prairie Pioneer. He was a private in Company G 18th Illinois Infantry. Atherton was wounded during February 1862 at Fort Donelson, Tennessee and sent home to recover. He later returned to duty, but by a special
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