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PHOTOCOPIED October 2, 2002; NASM PRESERVATION COPY

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Service Leaders See 1st 24-Page Press Run

[[images: 5 photos depicting officers present & inspecting the start-up of new 24-page Pacific Stars & Stripes at Tokyo plant]]

[[caption: Rear Admiral Robert F. Hickey, C/S CNFFE; Brig. Gen. Garrison B. Cloverdale, commander, Central Command, and Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., FEAF director of operations and training, were on hand at the Tokyo plant of Pacific Stars and Stripes Sunday to help inaugurate the new 24-page edition. During their visit the three military leaders toured all departments of the newspaper.

Above: Copy desk chief Robert McCary explains the editing of news to Hickey.

Top Right: Cloverdale, Hickey, S&S production manager Gordon A. Skean and Lt. Col. James A. Klean, S&S OIC, look over galley type for the Korea edition.

Center Right: Hickey pushes the button which starts the press run of the first 24-page edition. Cloverdale and Davis look on.

Bottom Right: Davis, Hickey, Klein, Cloverdale and Maj. Errol E. Ewing (USAF), S&S executive officer, inspect several of the first copies to come off the press.

Below: Hickey leans forward for a better look at the whirling rollers of the press.
(S&S Photos)
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