By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 24, 2012
Erik Gudmundson ©Stars and Stripes
Eagle Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June, 1998: Cpl. Duane Drown and Sgt. Dwight Bradford work with fellow soldiers of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Air Defense Battery, on a timed land navigation test at Eagle Base.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 23, 2012
Gus Schuettler ©Stars and Stripes
Mediterranean Sea, April, 1965: The white-hot exhaust of a departing jet leaves a trail into the sky in a time-exposure photo taken from the USS Saratoga during maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Naples, Italy.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 22, 2012
©Stars and Stripes
Neubiberg Air Base, Germany, April, 1951: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, poses for a news cameraman during an inspection tour of U.S. military facilities in Bavaria.
RELATED MATERIAL:
Stars and Stripes' 1951 story about Gen. Eisenhower's visit to bases in Bavaria.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 21, 2012
Ray Mahon ©Stars and Stripes
South Vietnam, November, 1965: Army Maj. Gen. Stanley R. Larsen, commander of U.S. Field Forces, Vietnam, gets a few moments of sleep on a flight from Nha Trang to Pleiku.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 20, 2012
J. Tom Graham ©Stars and Stripes
Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, October, 1968: The 41st Army Postal Unit's post office at the Tay Ninh base camp was intended to be as much like the ones back home as possible. Makeshift mail trucks, for instance, were painted in the familiar red, white and blue motif. But the "I want you" slogan on stateside post offices' Uncle Sam posters just wouldn't work in South Vietnam, so the sign out front — on which Sp4 Gilbert Johnson is putting the finishing touches — bears a slogan more suited to those already in uniform and fighting a war far from home.
RELATED MATERIAL:
Stars and Stripes' 1968 story about quality-of-life improvements at Tay Ninh.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 19, 2012
Dan Evans ©Stars and Stripes
Over South Vietnam, June 11, 1971: An OV-1 Mohawk reconnaissance plane from the Army's 131st Aviation Co. flies over South Vietnam's A Shau Valley. With a top speed of only about 300 miles per hour, the Mohawk's pilots were often kept busy dodging surface-to-air missiles and much faster MiG fighters.
RELATED MATERIAL:
Stars and Stripes' 1971 story about the OV-1 Mohawks.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 18, 2012
Henry Compton ©Stars and Stripes
Ludwigshafen, Germany, July, 1948: A priest walks through the evening gloom and haze caused by burning chemicals in the wreckage of the I.G. Farben factory, ready to administer the last rites as victims of an explosion that killed over 200 people are uncovered.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 17, 2012
Gene Bane ©Stars and Stripes
Wiesbaden, Germany, November, 1954: Baroness Kunigunde von Richthofen, left, mother of famed German World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen — the Red Baron — talks with actress Fern Andra at the Wiesbaden American Civilian Club. Andra, accurately accused of being an American spy during the war but saved by her friendship with Kaiser Wilhelm, was later injured in a plane crash that claimed the life of the baroness' second son, Lothar.
RELATED MATERIAL:
Stars and Stripes' 1954 story about Baroness von Richthofen and Fern Andra.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 16, 2012
Scott Woodham ©Stars and Stripes
Japan, June, 1978: Seventeen-year-old George Haynes of Negai is silhouetted against the setting sun as he moves along a seawall on his skateboard.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 15, 2012
Bruce McIlhaney ©Stars and Stripes
South Vietnam, April 17, 1968: A 9th Infantry Division airboat glides through the water near Nha Be, an area said to be used by the Viet Cong in organizing attacks on Saigon. The airboats, which could travel at speeds up to 40 knots, were used in shallow waters similar to those where the boats are most commonly found, in Florida's Everglades.
