Winter in Kabul, 2018

Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 29, 2018: Light from a bakery fills the darkness on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, one of the few snowy days in Kabul during the Afghan winter of 2017-2018.

Jolly & happy, 2007

Maastricht, Netherlands, Dec. 14, 2007: Frosty greets visitors to the Maastricht Christmas market.

Friend to Foe, 2012

Shegal district, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2012: First Lt. Andrew Ferrara, a 23-year-old platoon leader from Torrance, Calif., talks with locals during a patrol of the main bazaar in Shegal district, Kunar province.

Holidays in a combat zone, 2011

Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2011: Soldiers make their way through holiday decorations at the dining facility at Forward Operating Base Base Pasab in Kandahar province Afghanistan.

Santa’s big sleigh, 1960

Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 10, 1960: Children from the Pubwon Orphanage near Seoul greet the “Christmas Sleigh” — the C-97 Stratofreighter of the New Hampshire Air National Guard — at Kimpo Air Base, in Seoul.

Happy Holidays, 1945

Pacific theater, Dec. 25, 1945: In December 1945, Stars and Stripes Pacific published this holiday souvenir edition for the U.S. Occupation Forces in the Pacific.

Happy and merry from Bob, 1966

Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, Dec. 21, 1966: Bob Hope stands solo on stage as he delights thousands of U.S. service members with his jokes a few days before Christmas.

Jumping snow jacks, 2017

Pyeongchang, South Korea, Dec. 19, 2017: U.S. and South Korean Marines get airborne during a short workout.

Operation Christmas Drop, 2012

Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 11, 2012: The Operation Christmas Drop 2012 patch worn by C-130 aircrew members from the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan.

Tasty cake, 1960

Yong Kun (Tex) Kim enjoys a piece of cake at the USO in Seoul, South Korea, in October 1960. Found wandering the streets alone, the 8-year-old orphaned boy was being cared for by personnel of the USO Seoul.

Sous le ciel de Paris, 1998

Paris, France, Nov. 1998: A statue at the Tuileries, the Eifel tower and the obelisk on the Place de la Concorde are silhouetted in a Paris purple sky.

From the Archives: There’s that familiar face — and another like it

When Patricia Ann Malaya gets up in the morning and looks into the mirror, she’s apt to see almost a double image of herself. And it’s no trick mirror that causes this. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Europe edition, Feb. 25, 1976. It is republished unedited in its original form.

Seeing double, 1976

Karlsruhe, Germany, Feb. 18, 1976: Spec. 5 David Montgomery, company clerk of the 517th Maintenance Co., ponders which of his assistants is which.

Nice day for a floral wedding, 1948

Heidelberg, Germany, June 19, 1948: Mary Joan Liddle of Wallasey, Cheshire, England, former secretary to the managing editor of Stars and Stripes, and Sheridan Louis Moyer, of Wheeling, W. Va., are heading to the Providence Church in Heidelberg to get married

Exercise Jupiter, 1951

Dornheim, Germany, Sep. 29, 1951: A jeep emerges from a LTC 1283 landing craft after having crossed the Rhine river during Operation Jupiter.

Quiet solitude with a book, 1960

Paris, July 16, 1960: A patron sits on a stepstool by one of the large windows in the American Library in Paris, daylight illuminating the selection he pulled from the stacks next to him.