Hed: Searching for insurgents, 2008 Baghdad, Iraq, Mar. 15, 2008: Pfc. Chase Webb, 19, (right) and Spc. Walt Vansciver, 32, search the upstairs of a building while looking for insurgents in the Abu Saif area of Baghdad. Soldiers with Blackfoot Troop, 3rd Squadron 89th Cavalry Regiment and Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment raided the four-story building after a source tipped them off. META TAGS: Wars on Terror; U.S. Army; Operation Iraqi Freedom; Blackfoot Troop, 3rd Squadron 89th Cavalry Regiment and Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regimen

Searching for insurgents, 2008

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Pfc. Chase Webb, 19, (right) and Spc. Walt Vansciver, 32, search the upstairs of a building while looking for insurgents in the Abu Saif area of Baghdad in Iraq on March 15, 2008.

HED: Ready to blow, 2002 Kandahar, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2002: Explosive ordnance experts attach explosives to Soviet rockets for the purpose of blowing up the munitions. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1 Brian McMullen of the Navy's Explosive Ordnance Detachment Mobile Unit 8 works with two Norwegian EOD experts, Cpl. Kim Soderstrom, center, and Cpl. Kjarten Snorrason. A multi-national explosive ordinance demolition crew of American, Canadian and Norwegian worked to permanently dispose of a cache of some 2,400 57 mm Russian-made rockets found two miles from Kandahar Airfield. META TAGS: U.S. Navy; U.S. Army; EOD; Wars on Terror; Operation Enduring Freedom;

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.

Old photos of Scarborough, wearing a coat and tie, and Travers, in uniform.

Remains of WWII, Korean War soldiers coming home for burial

The remains of two soldiers — U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Alvin R. Scarborough and Army Pfc. Joseph R. Travers — are coming home for burials with full military honors this week. Scarborough died during World War II; Travers died during the Korean War.

Hed: Bit of a picnic, 1955 Somewhere in South Korea, April 1955: Personnel of the 24th Recon, Co. in Korea eat lunch on tables outside their Quonset hut mess hall while the building gets a spring cleaning. “It’s almost like a picnic,” one of the 24th Div. soldiers cracked as he looked up at a warming April sun. Their squad tent quarters appear left background. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: Pacific; South Korea; U.S. Army; 24th Reconnaissance Company; 24th Infantry Division; military life; mess hall; food service

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.

Veterans of the Vietnam War listen to speeches March 22, 2025, during the final Vietnam War Commemoration ceremony in Ansbach, Germany.

Vietnam vets in Bavaria feted in final commemoration curtain call

The annual event was designed to be held for 10 years until this year’s 50th anniversary of the end of combat operations in Southeast Asia, with subsequent Memorial Day ceremonies dedicated to veterans from the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hed: Air Force One, 1966 Andrews Air Force Base, Md., July 28, 1966: Members of the maintenance crew for the fleet of presidential aircraft based at Andrews AFB polish the exterior of the plane known as SAM 26000 while in the hangar, but as Air Force One with President Lyndon Johnson aboard. The special military version Boeing 707 is now on display at the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. META TAGS: POTUS; President; Air Force One; presidential seal; U.S. Air Force;

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.

A building near a body of water against a dark blue sky.

National Medal of Honor Day marked by the opening of a new museum

The National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas will open its doors to the public Saturday with a free event featuring live performances, food vendors and speeches from Medal of Honor recipients.

Hed: First light, first sight, 1954 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 Evac. Hosp. near Seoul. Shown examining the boy after one cataract was successfully removed are (left to right) 1st Lt. Phyllis Duke, Lee, Col. William L. Spaulding, hospital commander, and Halberg. Col. William L. Spaulding, commanding officer of the 121st Evacuation Hospital and Eight Army consulting ophthalmologist, examines the eye of 12-year-old Lee Toi Byun. Lee just had cataract removed from his right eye by Maj. G. Peter Halberg (right), an eye specialist at the 121st. Halberg found Lee in a Korean clinic and brought him to the evacuation hospital where adequate facilities for the cataract surgery are available. Surgery on the left eye will follow soon. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: Pacific; South Korea; military medical; Korean; child; boy; hospital; bed; Evacuation Hospital; nurse; doctor; medical examination; sight; blind; blindness

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.