Archive photo of the day

Kite soars above Utah Beach, 1944

Normandy, France, June 1994: Fifty years after allied troops landed on Utah Beach to begin the push toward Berlin that ended World War II, a boy engages in the kind of struggle beaches are more suited for — flying a kite.

Future championship managers meet, 1975

Tokyo, April 26, 1975: Two future managers of championship baseball teams, Sadaharu Oh and Davey Johnson, get acquainted as teammates with Tokyo’s Yomiuri Giants.

Offenbach, Germany, September 13, 1970: Pete Townshend of The Who, onstage during the group's show at Offenbach.

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META TAGS: music; events; performance; concert

Pete Townshend in Germany, 1970

Offenbach, Germany, Sept. 13, 1970: Pete Townshend of The Who, onstage during the group’s show.

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La Fiere, France, Apr. 23, 2014: The statue of "Iron Mike" standing in a field at La Fiere, near Sainte-Mère-Église represents the paratroops of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions who fought in the area. The monument is located next to the Bridge in La Fiere where on the 6th-9th of June members of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and 325th Glider Regiment fought against repeated German attacks to hold the bridge.

The base of the statue contains the inscription

“A grateful tribute
to American Airborne soldiers
of D-Day
6 June 1944 to 7 June 1997”

The monument is a replica of the original "Iron Mike" statue at Fort Bragg, North Carolina by sculptor and military spouse Leah Hiebert in 1960 - 1961 and modelled on Sgt. Major James Runyon

Going to Normandy for this year's 80th anniversary of D-Day? Be sure to keep an eye out for Stars and Stripes representatives at the various events and our coverage of the activies on our website.

Check out our 70th D-Day anniversary memorials gallery here.
https://www.stripes.com/military-life/military-history/return-to-normandy

Iron Mike, 2014

La Fiere, France, April 23, 2014: The statue of “Iron Mike” standing in a field at La Fiere, near Sainte-Mère-Église represents the paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions who fought in the area.

C-130 hose-down in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1997

Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 1997: A C-130 gets a simulated emergency hose-down by the 401st Expeditionary Air Base Group Fire Department during a mobile airlift techniques exercise.

Clearing a Taliban compound in Afghanistan, 2015

Eastern Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2015: Afghan army soldiers fire a recoilless rifle during an operation to clear a Taliban compound in eastern Afghanistan.

War bride heads to the US, 1948

Frankfurt, Germany, October 1948: Mrs. Oliver Johnson, left, a war bride married to an American sergeant, reads a magazine while son William snoozes on the sofa at the Rhein-Main airport.

Sarah Vaughan in Germany, 1954

Kaiserslautern, Germany, Oct. 12, 1954: Jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, accompanied by famed jazz drummer Roy Haynes onstage in Kaiserslautern.

Off the east coast of South Korea, Mar. 3, 2008: Two jets fly past the U.S.S. Nimitz Monday afternoon as they prepare to circle and then land on the ship's flight deck.

Check out the 2008 story on USS Nimitz’s participation in the Key Resolve/Foal Eagle training exercises here.
https://www.stripes.com/history/archive_photo_of_the_day/2024-02-19/uss-nimitz-south-korea-2008-12982496.html

META TAGS: U.S. Navy; USS Nimitz; Key Resolve; Foal Eagle; training; exercise; Pacific

USS Nimitz off South Korea, 2008

Off the east coast of South Korea, March 3, 2008: Two jets fly past the USS Nimitz as they prepare to circle and then land on the ship’s flight deck.

Showing support in Saudi Arabia, 1991

Saudi Arabia, Jan. 18, 1991: Weapons specialists from the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) show their support for pilots taking off on missions against Iraqi forces on the second day of the Gulf War’s air campaign.

Blace, Macedonia, Apr. 1, 1999: Thousands of refugees - forced onto trains in Pristinia, provincial capital of Kosovo - have been dropped off at the Macedonian border in recent days. The Macedonian government estimates that at least 40,000 refugees have entered the country since airstrikes began over Yugoslavia.

Stars and Stripes reporters and photographers filed news stories from both Macedonia as well as Albania as NATO intensified its air campaign in late March through April 1999 and the flood of refugees out of Kosovo, looking for safety and security in Macedonia. Following the journalistic priciple not to be part of the story, they filed stories about the lives of refugees and airmen, soldiers and sailors. But covering a war begets plenty of stories. Check out some of the reporters' and photographers' stories here.

META TAGS: combat reporting; war correspondent; combat camera; conflict journalism; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Kosovo; Albania; Macedonia

War refugees in Macedonia, 1999

Blace, Macedonia, April 1, 1999: Refugees forced onto trains in Pristinia, provincial capital of Kosovo, gather at the Macedonian border after being dropped off.

USS Theodore Roosevelt command change, 2005

USS Theodore Roosevelt, Bahrain, July 21, 2005: Capt. Daniel C. Grieco, outgoing commanding officer for USS Theodore Roosevelt, makes remarks during a change of command ceremony.