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Archive photo of the day

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Chloe Stevens is proud of her haul during a field trip to pick fresh mikans in orchards near Sasebo Naval Base’s Hario Housing Village in 2005.

The Motor City Madman, 1976

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Guitarist Ted Nugent, also known as “The Motor City Madman,” strikes a pose backstage with his signature Gibson Byrdland guitar during the Rottweil Rock Circus music festival in Rottweil, Germany, 1976:

Constellation search, 1962

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Crew members and volunteer “scanners” talk over the six-hour search and rescue mission searching for the Flying Tiger Airline Super Constellation that disappeared over the Western Pacific Ocean March 16, 1962.



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USAFE Air Weapons Meet, 1955

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Pilots gather around the scoreboard during the first annual U.S. Air Forces in Europe gunnery meet, Wheelus Field, Libya, August 1995.

Question, wrong answer, 1951

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Dwight D. Eisenhower discusses maneuvers with some French troops during Operation Jupiter, a French-led multi-nation NATO exercise in the Rhine river area.

Slow recovery, 2010

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Nic Mohammad, 8, recuperates at NATO’s Role 3 Hospital at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan on Sept. 27, 2010, after being injured by a bomb blast.

Da Nang river scenes, 1968

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Stars and Stripes photographer Kim Ki Sam decided to use some color film and shoot some scenes in and around Da Nang, including several river scenes as this one.

Giving, 2004

From the Stars and Stripes archives: An Iraqi boy gives freshly baked flatbread to Spc. Acisclo Melendez of Company A, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, Hora Al Bosh, Iraq, Dec. 30, 2004.

Short pause, 2003

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A flight deck worker rests on the nose of a fighter jet in between takeoffs Thursday, Mar.ch 20, 2003 on the USS Kitty Hawk.

Fleeing the fighting, 2003

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Iraqi civilians flee during a firefight between American and Iraqi forces at a bridge near As Samawah, Iraq, March 24, 2003.

ARVN I Corps 11th Anniversary, 1968

From the Stars and Stripes archives: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) paratroopers and skydivers demonstrate their skillful jumping on Da Nang river in South Vietnam, Aug. 15, 1968.

Singer-songwriter John Denver; 1979

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Singer-songwriter John Denver talks to the press about his upbringing as a military brat during his 12-city concert tour of Germany, October 3, 1979.

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