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Despite foggy weather, by 7:30 am the dockside was already crowded withElvis fans although the USS Randall, with Pvt Elvis Presley aboard, was not due in until 8:30. MPs, SPs, and German police locked arms to hold back the surging youngsters, after the fans broke through the barricades and into the roped off area. Read Stars and Stripes' 2017 article on Elvis' time in Germany here. https://www.stripes.com/when-the-king-played-grafenwoehr-elvis-s-only-gi-european-concert-1.499592 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: music; entertainment; rock and roll; Elvis Presley; Army; military service; Military Police; MP;

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Waiting for the King, 1958

Grafenwoehr, Germany, 1958: Despite foggy weather, by 7:30 a.m. the dockside was already crowded with Elvis fans although the USS Randall, with Pvt. Elvis Presley aboard, was not due in until 8:30.

Lloyd Borguss/Stars and Stripes Wiesbaden, West Germany, September, 1965: University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith, one of the instructors at the annual USAFE basketball clinic. Ten years earlier, Smith had been a guard for the Furstenfeldbruck team that captured the USAFE tournament; his winning ways continued during his coaching career at North Carolina, with 879 victories and two national championships.

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Dean Smith in Germany, 1965

Wiesbaden, West Germany, September 1965: University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith was one of the instructors at the annual USAFE basketball clinic. Ten years earlier, Smith had been a guard for the Furstenfeldbruck team that captured the USAFE tournament.

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Reichstag graffiti, 1957

Berlin, September 11, 1957: Twelve years after the end of World War II, the walls of the battle-scarred Reichstag building are covered with graffiti left by victorious Soviet troops.

Lloyd Borguss/Stars and Stripes Athens, Greece, June, 1958: Five-year-old Glenn Ross, son of Sfc. Bill Ross from the finance section of the Joint US Military Advisory Group, talks with Robert Mitchum after asking for an autograph. The actor was in Athens to film "The Angry Hills," a story about Greek resistance during World War II.

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Robert Mitchum in Greece, 1958

Athens, Greece, June 1958: 5-year-old Glenn Ross, son of Sgt. 1st Class Bill Ross from the finance section of the Joint US Military Advisory Group, talks with Robert Mitchum after asking for an autograph. The actor was in Athens to film “The Angry Hills,” a story about Greek resistance during World War II.

Frankfurt, Germany, February, 1959: Actor Jimmy Stewart and his wife, Gloria, stop at the Rhein-Main airport on their way to Berlin. With the Stewarts — who were returning from a tiger-hunting expedition in India — are flight attendants Ingeborg Dehm, right, and Christa Keller. Stewart flew 20 combat missions over Europe as a member of the Army Air Corps during World War II, and in the postwar years rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve.

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Jimmy Stewart in Germany, 1959

Frankfurt, Germany, February, 1959: Actor Jimmy Stewart and his wife, Gloria, stop at the Rhein-Main airport on their way to Berlin. With the Stewarts — who were returning from a tiger-hunting expedition in India — are flight attendants Ingeborg Dehm, right, and Christa Keller. Stewart flew 20 combat missions over Europe as a member of the Army Air Corps during World War II, and in the postwar years rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve.

Lloyd Borguss ©Stars and Stripes Soellingen Air Base, Germany, May 4, 1973: Britain's Prince Philip, in uniform as an air marshal of the Royal Air Force, participates in a ceremony marking 25 years of service by three squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, presented the colors to the 421st, 439th and 441st Tactical Fighter Squadrons.

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Prince Philip in Germany, 1973

Soellingen Air Base, Germany, May 4, 1973: Britain’s Prince Philip, in uniform as an air marshal of the Royal Air Force, participates in a ceremony marking 25 years of service by three squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, presented the colors to the 421st, 439th and 441st Tactical Fighter Squadrons.

https://www.stripes.com/news/famed-pilot-reunited-with-women-who-aided-his-wwii-escape-1.27851 Lloyd Borguss ©Stars and Stripes Ramstein Air Base, Germany, January 7, 1970: Brig. Gen. Charles E. Yeager, vice-commander of the 17th Air Force, gets a pat on the hand from Mrs. Vera Starodvorsky during their reunion more than a quarter-century after she hid him from the Germans in occupied France when his plane was shot down in March, 1944. In the background are Mrs. Starodvorsky's daughter, Mrs. Alexandra Mchanetzki, and Mrs. Yeager. Thanks to Mrs. Starodvorsky and others, Yeager was able to escape to Spain, return to battle (and shoot down five planes on his first day back), and go on to become the first pilot to break the sound barrier.

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Chuck Yeager at Ramstein Air Base, 1970

Ramstein Air Base, Germany, January 7, 1970: Brig. Gen. Charles E. Yeager, vice-commander of the 17th Air Force, gets a pat on the hand from Vera Starodvorsky during their reunion more than a quarter-century after she hid him from the Germans in occupied France when his plane was shot down in March, 1944.

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