Recycled bus on Okinawa, 1969

Eikoh Goya ©Stars and Stripes
Koza City, Okinawa, October, 1969: A car owner demonstrated a creative form of recycling when he converted this worn-out bus into a car port.

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President Carter and daughter Amy, 1979

Dallas Baker ©Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, June, 1979: As President Jimmy Carter makes his way through the crowd that greeted him at Haneda Airport, his daughter, Amy, rests her head on the shoulder of a Secret Service agent.

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Huey gets a bath at Yokota, 1974

Bob Wickley ©Stars and Stripes
Yokota Air Base, Japan, November, 1974: Sgt. Tim Martin of the 475th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron is partially obscured by the sheet of water he's pouring onto a UH1P ''Huey'' helicopter at Yokota Air Base. The chopper had to be washed down at least once a month to prevent corrosion.

RELATED MATERIAL:
Stars and Stripes' 1974 story about the maintenance squadron at Yokota.

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On the USS Forrestal's flight deck, 1970

Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes
Mediterranean Sea, April, 1970: A USS Forrestal catapult switch operator ducks as an F4 Phantom jet makes its two-second run up to 150 mph during the carrier's eighth Mediterranean deployment.

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Stars and Stripes' 1970 story about the USS Forrestal's flight operations.

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Airman-singer Gus Backus, 1958

Lloyd Borguss ©Stars and Stripes
Wiesbaden, Germany, April, 1958: Airman 3rd Class Gus Backus entertains patients and fellow workers at the 7100th Air Force Hospital with some lunchtime music. While he was stationed in Pittsburgh, Backus and his group, the Del-Vikings, hit it big with their single, "Come Go With Me." After leaving the Air Force, Backus stayed in Germany, where he is still a fan favorite.

RELATED MATERIAL:
Stars and Stripes' 1958 story about Gus Backus.

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Berlin's Unter der Linden, 1954

Red Grandy © Stars and Stripes
Berlin, February, 1954: The once-vibrant but now war-scarred Unter der Linden in Berlin's Eastern sector is quiet as soldiers await the arrival of a motorcade during a foreign ministers' conference.

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Fisherman in Saigon, 1965

Jack Baird © Stars and Stripes
Saigon, South Vietnam, December 11, 1965: A fisherman on a sampan in Saigon Harbor tends his nets.

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Rev. Billy Graham in Tokyo, 1980

Chet King ©Stars and Stripes

Tokyo, October 23, 1980: Rev. Billy Graham makes a point as he preaches to 20,000 people at Korakuen Stadium during his Tokyo crusade.

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Frank Sinatra and his Japanese name card, 1962

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Tokyo, April, 1962: Frank Sinatra laughs as U.S. Ambassador to Japan Edwin O. Reischauer presents him with a card bearing the singer-actor's name in Japanese characters. Sinatra was in the Far East for a series of charity performances to aid underprivileged children.

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President Ford and Boy Scouts in Japan, 1974

Shigemasa Nagai ©Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, November, 1974: Thirteen-year-old Haruhiko Murase salutes after presenting President (and Eagle Scout) Gerald Ford with the Golden Pheasant Award on behalf of Japanese Boy Scouts at Akasaka Palace.

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