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jmowreader

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17. I used to read both editions of the Stars and Stripes
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:23 PM
6 hrs ago

Everything east of the United States is served by "Stars and Stripes," and everything west of it is served by "Pacific Stars and Stripes."

The only real problem I ever saw with either paper was their local news: those of us in "outlying communities" got to read all sorts of wonderful stuff about the bases near the Stars and Stripes offices but almost nothing about ours.

Oh...and then there was the funniest typo in the history of typos, and proof PS&S didn't care about Korea. 3d Military Intelligence Battalion had quite a few OV-1D Mohawk aircraft.



The ugliest airplane ever invented by the hand of man - the picture I just showed you does the Mohawk no justice, it's far uglier in person - they were also worn completely out by the time I enlisted. One fine evening when I was in Korea one of the engines on one of 3d MI's Mohawks blew apart shortly after takeoff. The crew punched out of the plane (the Mohawk was the only Army aircraft with ejection seats) and it crashed in a field near Pyongtaek. The PS&S reported it as crashing near Pyongyang...which is the capitol of North Korea.

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