Torrejon Air Base, Spain, May 1964: Taking no chances whatsoever, airmen on the flight line at Torrejon Air Base team up to make sure every last buckle is properly fastened on Ann-Margret’s life vest. She was in Spain for the filming of “The Pleasure Seekers.”

Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Aug. 1960: Soldiers of the 1st Republic of Korea Division keep their machine gun ready for any threats against their outpost on the Demilitarized Zone. The ROK division soldiers man the DMZ year round and dread the annual summer deluge of rain when mud makes the narrow roads that lead to their position impassible even for emergency use. Stocked up with a month-worth of food, the soldiers wait out the rain, with helicopters standing by for aid in case of severe floods on other emergencies.

Check out additional reporting on the rainy season on the DMZ here.

Pictured here is a scan of the original 1960 print created by Stars and Stripes Pacific's photo department to run in the print newspaper. The red marks indicate the crop lines. Only the middle part of the image would appear in the newspaper. As the vast majority of pre-1964 Stars and Stripes Pacific negatives and slides were unwittingly destroyed by poor temporary storage in 1963, the prints developed from the late 1940s through 1963 are the only images left of Stripes' news photography from those decades – with the exception the negatives of some 190 pre-1964 photo assignment found recently. Stars and Stripes' archives team is scanning these prints and negatives to ensure their preservation.

META TAGS: Pacific; South Korea; Demilitarized Zone; Republic of Korea Army; DMZ; 1st ROK Div

At the DMZ, 1960

Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, August 1960: Soldiers of the 1st Republic of Korea Division keep their machine gun ready for any threats against their outpost on the Demilitarized Zone.

Pashtun Zarghun district, 2010

Pashtun Zarghun district, Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2010: Afghan Police Capt. Abdul Zaher, left, and Staff Sgt. Darvin Cosby, 29, of Chicago, center, guard a suspect arrested by Afghan police as they search his home for bomb-making materials.

Gregory Peck on set in Taiwan, 1968

Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 1, 1968: A hair and makeup artist touches up Gregory Peck as the actor talks to director J. Lee Thompson on the set of “The Chairman” at the Hsing Tien Kong Temple in Taipei.

Camp Bondsteel, 2000

Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Feb. 18, 2000: Staff Sgt. Lee Kline and Spc. Raymond Jugal, both from B Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Aviation, check the radio system on a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter.

Bermel Valley, Afghanistan, Sep. 9, 2002: Afghan children in the village of Sharip-khail huddle against a chilly late afternoon breeze under poncho liners given them by Special Forces soldiers standing guard over the village. Everyone had been told to stay outdoors until "Red Devil" infantry troops from the 82nd Airborne Division had finished searching their homes for weapons.

META TAGS: Operation Enduring Freedom; Wars on Terror; U.S. Army; 82nd Airborne;

Staying warm in a chilly breeze, 2002

Bermel Valley, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2002: Children in the village of Sharip-khail huddle against a chilly late afternoon breeze under poncho liners given them by Special Forces soldiers standing guard over the village.

Operation Killing Zone, 1959

50 miles north of Seoul, South Korea, October 1959: Republic of Korea First Army infantrymen, gas masks on and bayonets at the ready, break through a simulated poison gas cloud.

Billy Mills, a U.S. Marine, waves after winning Olympic gold in the 10,000-meter event at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. Mills won a dramatic, elbow-jabbing, traffic-jam stretch run, beating out Mohammed Gamoudi of Tunesia, who got silver, and world record holder and favorite Ron Clarke of Australia, who captured the bronze.

Marine wins Olympic gold, 1964

Oct. 14, 1964, Tokyo: Billy Mills, a U.S. Marine, wins the gold medal in the 10,000 meters at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964.

FOB Summerall, Iraq, Jul. 18, 2008: U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ben Juvinal does his best to hold back the tide during a one-sided soccer match between U.S. and Iraqi troops commemorating the American departure from Forward Operating Base Summerall near Bayji, Iraq. Despite Juvinal's efforts, the Iraqis prevailed, 7-1.

Soccer at FOB Summerall, 2008

FOB Summerall, Iraq, July 18, 2008: U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ben Juvinal does his best to hold back the tide during a one-sided soccer match between U.S. and Iraqi troops commemorating the American departure from Forward Operating Base Summerall.

Con Thien Marine base, 1968

Con Thien, South Vietnam, Aug. 15, 1968: Pvt. 1st Class Richard M. Topeka of B Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division walks along the dirt road of Con Thien Marine base, his M60 resting on his right shoulder.

On patrol in Iraq, 2010

Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 20, 2010: An American soldier patrols at sunset outside of Mosul.

Sir Edmund Hillary, 1960

Tokyo International Airport, Japan, Dec. 10, 1960: Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer and explorer, addresses gathered journalists at Tokyo International Airport, Dec. 10, 1960.

About to be on the air, 1964

Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, July 7, 1964: Cameraman A1C Andrew M. Davaca from Canton, Ohio, focuses on graphics to be used in AFTV Channel 3’s programming.

Training Iraqi security forces, 2010

Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 20, 2010: Sgt. Ryan Carlson, left, shows an Iraqi soldier how to raid a home at Checkpoint 3, a small base outside Mosul.

Supplies arrive in Saigon, 1962

Saigon, South Vietnam, February 1962: Military supplies are offloaded from the freighter Hawaiian Educator February 1962 at the port of Saigon.

Kandahar Hockey League, 2010

Kandahar, Afghanistan, Nov. 8, 2010: Players scrimmage in preparation for the upcoming season of the Kandahar Hockey League at Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan.

Vicenza, Italy, Mar. 30, 2006: Jen Dean holds the American flag and a sign that says it all as she greets her husband Capt. Joel Dean of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, back to Vicenza, Italy. Dean and his fellow soldiers were returning from a year's deployment to Afghanistan.

META TAGS: U.S. Army; Army spouse; dependent; welcome home; military family

The sign says it all, 2006

Vicenza, Italy, March 30, 2006: Jen Dean greets her husband, Capt. Joel Dean of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, back to Vicenza, Italy.

Tikrit, Iraq, May 20, 2010: Men detained during an April 23 security sweep in Tikrit, Iraq, wait behind concertina wire at an Iraqi police station. The operation, initiated by U.S. troops but carried out by Iraqi soldiers and police, targeted members of a neo-Baathist insurgent group that has proven a persistent, if rarely deadly, foe of U.S. troops across much of northern Iraq.

Check out additional photos as well as the article on the operation here.
https://www.stripes.com/migration/u-s-targeting-insurgent-group-in-n-iraq-1.103959

META DATA: Iraq; Wars on Terror; JRTN; Men of the Army of al-Naqshbandi; 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment;

Security sweep in Iraq, 2010

Tikrit, Iraq, May 20, 2010: Men detained during an April 23 security sweep in Tikrit wait behind concertina wire at an Iraqi police station.

Princess Michiko at the fountain, 1961

Tokyo, April 10, 1961: Princess Michiko admires a fountain built in front of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in honor of her second wedding anniversary.