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From the Stars and Stripes archives: A Marine sqaud automatic machine gunner takes cover behind a drop-off on the edge of a road during a raid at Al Fahr, Iraq on March 29, 2003.



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Charmed, 1957

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Cheryl Greenwood, one of the teenagers learning hair dressing at the Teen Haven Charm School conducted for youngsters at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa in October 1957.

A divine moment, 2019

From the Stars and Stripes archives: a visitor moves through a garden of 540 stone statues of Buddha’s disciples at the Kitain temple in Kawagoe, Japan, May 18, 2019.

Unhappy Easter, 1949

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Two children look unhappy to put all their eggs in one shared box during the annual Easter Egg hunt in Frankfurt, Germany, Apr. 17, 1949.

Learning an ancient craft, 1959

From the Stars and Stripes archives: sanding wood and applying a special plaster, these orphans are learning lacquerware manufacture, a centuries-old profession, in Seoul, South Korea, January 1959.

Swan Lake, 2001

From the Stars and Stripes archives: fading winter sunlight silhouettes Siberian swans at a small lake in the community of Shimoda, six miles south of Misawa Air Base, Japan, on Jan. 8, 2001.

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