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The baby lift before Operation Babylift, 1975

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Mary Fisher, wife of a Seventh Day Adventist Church minister, holds an infant as she is surrounded by reporters aboard the World Airways plane that landed at Yokoto Air Base, April 3, 1975.

Pink cherry blossom trees line the banks of a moat, with the trees reflected in the water.

Where the blossoms bloom, 2000

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Under cover of night, cherry blossom trees lining the moat surrounding Hirosaki Castle in northern Japan lend a warm glow in March 2000.

A black-and-white, 1970s-era image of a boy in t-shirt and shorts sitting on a curbside with his head down on his arms.

Boredom of youth, 1976

From the Stars and Stripes archives: The boredom of youth, even in a big city, is brought home by this boy sitting on a curb in East London, May 1976.

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Ready to blow, 2002

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Explosive ordnance experts attach explosives to Soviet rockets for the purpose of blowing up the munitions in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Feb. 25, 2002.

Bit of a picnic, 1955

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Personnel of the 24th Recon, Co. in South Korea eat lunch on tables outside their Quonset hut mess hall while the building gets a spring cleaning, April 1955.

Air Force One, 1966

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Members of the maintenance crew for the fleet of presidential aircraft polish the exterior of the plane known as SAM 26000 while in the hangar at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on July 28, 1966.

First light, first sight, 1954

From the Stars and Stripes archives: After groping through 12 years of darkness, a little Korean boy, Lee Toi Byun, was given his sight recently after an operation performed by Maj. G. Peter Halberg a New York eye specialist at the 121st Evacuation Hospital near Seoul, 1954.

The OG Outlaw, 1996

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Willie Nelson performs at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Germany on May 2, 1996.

A black-and-white, 1970s-era image of actor Mark Hamill sitting at a table in a school classroom speaking to students, with military service members standing behind him.

Luke Skywalker visits Nile C. Kinnick High School, 1978

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Mark Hamill, better known to many as young Jedi Luke Skywalker of Star Wars fame, seems to be telling students, staff and reporters at an assembly at the Teen Club at Nile C. Kinnick High School that these are not the droids they’re looking for in Yokosuka, Japan, on June 16, 1978.

A black-and-white, 1950s-era image of South Korean citizens marching down a street holding a large banner that reads “Let’s march north for the unification of the motherlands.”

Unification or death, 1953

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Hundreds of South Koreans march through the streets of Seoul chanting “to north” and holding banners that read “Give us unification or death,” and “Let’s march north for the unification of the motherlands” on April 28, 1953.

A picture like a Delft tile, 2000

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A pair of ducks swim through the reflections of merchants’ houses on a Delft canal, March 2000.

Operation Pipestone Canyon, 1969

From the Stars and Stripes archives: The 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division moves to take up a position on the south side of Go Noi Island supported by Marine tanks and Landing Vehicles Tanks in Vietnam on June 12, 1969.

Warrior Games, 2016

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A U.S. Navy sailor holds the service’s colors during the opening ceremonies of the 2016 Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. on June 15, 2016.

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