By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 31, 2011
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Furstenfeldbruck, Germany, August, 1951: Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower helps his mother-in-law, Mrs. John S. Doud, from the plane as they arrive at Furstenfeldbruck Air Base. The officer at left on whose arm Mrs. Doud is leaning is Maj. Gen. Truman Landon, USAFE deputy commander-in-chief.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 30, 2011
Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes
Suresnes, France, September, 1952: A band awaits the start of the dedication ceremony at the military cemetery at Suresnes, just outside of Paris. Dignitaries in attendance included five ambassadors, at least 57 officers of general or flag officer rank, and former Secretary of State Gen. George C. Marshall, who pledged that U.S. forces in Europe "will not go home until our friends here feel that our presence is no longer essential to their freedom." Also speaking was Gen Matthew B. Ridgway, who said that his Allied armies were resolved to "crush to earth" any aggression which may arise.
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Read the story about the dedication ceremony at the Suresnes military cemetery.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 29, 2011
Gus Schuettler ©Stars and Stripes
Cologne, Germany, June, 1963: President John F. Kennedy and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer wave to the crowd outside the famed Gothic cathedral at Cologne, where they had just attended Mass, as they begin their motorcade to Bonn. President Kennedy would have celebrated his 94th birthday on this day in 2011.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 28, 2011
Ted Rohde ©Stars and Stripes
Cherbourg, France, 1954: Thousands of Americans who fought and died in Europe are buried on that continent, but many people would be surprised to learn of the existence of Confederate graves in the part of France best known for its pivotal World War II battles. Here, Normandy invasion veterans Master Sgt. George C. Zares, left, of the 16th Infantry Regiment, and Master Sgt. William Hopkins of the 26th Infantry Regiment visit the final resting place of George Appleby and James King of the CSS Alabama, who were killed in a naval battle against the USS Kearsarge on June 19, 1864.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 27, 2011
Lem Robson ©Stars and Stripes
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, April, 1991: The message on the large sign posted above the deck of the USS Oldendorf would probably be seconded by every one of the crew members returning to their families and friends at Yokosuka. The destroyer was part of the USS Midway battle group, which had been on station in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf during the recent Gulf War.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 26, 2011
Bob Myers ©Stars and Stripes
Frankfurt, Germany, June, 1955: U.S. Army Chief of Staff-designate Gen Maxwell D. Taylor arrives at the Rhein-Main airport for a four-day visit with commanders in Germany before heading to Washington. Taylor, a World War II hero who parachuted into France with the 101st Airborne Division on D-Day, had been serving in the Far East before being picked to replace Gen. Matthew Ridgway as Army chief of staff.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 25, 2011
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Bardufoss, Norway, March, 1965: Germany-based U.S. troops taking part in NATO's Cold Winter '65 exercise 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle prepare a hot meal.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 24, 2011
Vince Crawley ©Stars and Stripes
Iraq, February, 1991: A wounded Iraqi soldier reaches up to touch the face of an American medic who's treating him after a battle in the desert during the Gulf War. Following this battle, the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment's Iron Troop took nearly 200 prisoners, some of whom reported that they had been in the desert for 46 days without sufficient food and water after being abandoned by the Republican Guard.
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Read a story about the large number of Iraqi prisoners taken during the Gulf War.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 23, 2011
Marty Gershen ©Stars and Stripes
Griesheim, Germany, May 24, 1962: If the bartender at Stars and Stripes' Press Club was uncertain about the identity of the American stranger nursing a cup of coffee over there, he was about to find out. Once word spread that baseball great Joe DiMaggio was on the base, the club quickly filled with fans of all ages.
As hard to believe as it may be in an age of athletes surrounded by an entourage of publicists and others, a man who was praised in an Ernest Hemingway novel and was known by everyone in America had a few hours to kill in Frankfurt, Germany, and nothing on his schedule. In a rare case of someone actually following up on an offer (by a Stripes sportswriter a few days earlier) to "look me up next time you're in town," he hailed a cab and told the driver to take him to the newspaper's office, about 30 miles away.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 22, 2011
John Wright ©Stars and Stripes
Darmstadt, Germany, June 5, 1962: R. Buckminster Fuller, best known for designing domed structures, poses in front of some traditional European architecture at the Technische Hochschule, where he was speaking as part of a European lecture tour.
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Read Stars and Stripes' story about architect R. Buckminster Fuller's lecture at Darmstadt.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 21, 2011
Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes
Spain, 1964: Dana Andrews and his co-star, Janette Scott, pose with an appropriate prop on the set of their latest film, ''Crack in the World,'' about an ill-fated project to tap energy sources deep in the planet by means of a nuclear explosion.
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Read Stars and Stripes' 1964 interview with Dana Andrews on the set of "Crack in the World"
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 20, 2011
Dave Casey ©Stars and Stripes
Mogadishu, Somalia, June, 1993: Sgt. 1st Class John Fair spends part of his nearly five-day wait for aflight out of Somalia with a good book and protection from the flies and mosquitoes.
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Read two Stars and Stripes stories from July, 1993:
Games, food help airmen fight boredom
For U.S. forces in Somalia, it's another day in hell
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 19, 2011
Bill Becker ©Stars and Stripes
South Vietnam, March 9, 1967: A wounded soldier is taken away by helicopter during Operation Waialua, an effort to find enemy troops operating between the Oriental River and the Cambodian border about 25 miles northwest of Saigon.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 18, 2011
Bob Jennings ©Stars and Stripes
Korea, February, 1954: Actress Marilyn Monroe interrupts her Far East honeymoon with baseball star Joe DiMaggio to entertain American servicemembers in Korea.
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Read some 1954 Stars and Stripes stories about Marilyn Monroe:
6,000 Thunderbirds stampede, mob stage to see Marilyn
M.M. ends Korea swing
DiMaggios 'to shop' in Tokyo before return flight to U.S.
Monroe sidesteps queries on tour, family, lingerie
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 17, 2011
Gus Schuettler ©Stars and Stripes
Mediterranean Sea, 1975: An RA-5C Vigilante takes off from the USS Forrestal during flight operations in the Mediterranean.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 16, 2011
Ken George ©Stars and Stripes
Camp Dobol, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May, 1997: Pfc. Jason Taylor of D Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment from Fort Riley, Kansas, scans the area from atop a devastated home near Camp Dobol, about eight miles southeast of of Tuzla Air Base.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 15, 2011
Liz Schading ©Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, August 1984: Actor Robert Redford meets the press during a promotional tour for his latest film, "The Natural," based on Bernard Malamud's book about an aging baseball player. Asked about the movie's conclusion centering around a lightbulb-shattering home run, rather than the novel's less triumphant finish, Redford replied, "I don't think the book — which is very good on its own level — would be acceptable (as a film) to audiences because it would be too depressing. And in the world today, or at least in my country, there's enough to be depressed about. So we're looking for a little hope."
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Read Stars and Stripes' story about Robert Redford's 1984 Tokyo visit.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 14, 2011
Leigh Wiener ©Stars and Stripes
Germany, January, 1954: "You'll have to find a better hiding place than that" is the message "Arko" seems to be conveying to a soldier from the 102nd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Division, during a winter training exercise. The pooch and his handler, Cpl. Leo D. Stolf, are from the 35th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon, attached to the 102nd for the exercise.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 13, 2011
Ken George ©Stars and Stripes
Dresden, Germany, 1990: Nearly a half-century later, ruins in Dresden serve as a reminder of the February, 1945 allied bombing raids that destroyed most of the city and took thousands of lives.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 12, 2011
Gus Schuettler ©Stars and Stripes
Spain, August, 1982: The sun is framed between the horns of a bull on a billboard advertising a popular brand of liquor.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 11, 2011
Norm Zeisloft ©Stars and Stripes
Frankfurt, Germany, August 22, 1961: Rudolf Nureyev talks with reporters during a stop in Frankfurt to tape two ballet performancess for German television. Two months earlier, while performing in Paris with the famed Kirov Ballet of Leningrad, the Russian star had defected to the West. He was still mulling his future, saying his options included "maybe Europe, London or Paris, or maybe America. I shall make a tour and look over every place. I shall decide on a place where there is good ballet and good audiences."
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Read an August, 1961 story about Rudolf Nureyev in Germany.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 10, 2011
John Olson ©Stars and Stripes
Hue, South Vietnam, 1968: A U.S. Marine looks out on the embattled city of Hue during the month-long fighting for control of the former national capital that cost 216 American lives.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 9, 2011
Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes
Berlin, February, 1954: An American soldier meets a counterpart from the other side of the Iron Curtain during a foreign ministers' conference in the city's Soviet sector.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 8, 2011
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Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, April, 1972: Ground crew members find comfortable spots on an A-37B Dragonfly from the 8th Special Operations Squadron as they catch up on their reading during a break. The squadron was engaged in missions supporting South Vietnamese Army troops fighting in the area of An Loc.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 7, 2011
Ron Alvey ©Stars and Stripes
Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 5, 1997: A boy shakes hands with a soldier from Bravo Company, 1-36 Infantry, who is on a patrol through the streets of Brcko.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 6, 2011
Hideyuki Mihashi ©Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, June, 1974: Frank Sinatra arrives Tokyo for a 10-day visit that would include a performance aboard the USS Midway at Yokosuka Naval Base.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 5, 2011
Mark Allen ©Stars and Stripes
Yokohama, Japan, September 12, 1996: Michael Jordan finds a way to distract 10-year-old Keijuro Matsui during a one-on-one game at a basketball clinic. The Chicago Bulls superstar and fellow NBA players Charles Barkley, Damon Stoudamire, Jason Kidd and Michael Finley were on a Nike-sponsored tour of Japan.
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Read two September, 1996 stories about the NBA players' Japan tour:
Hoop-groupies gaze at the stars
Nike's disciples pack arena's pews
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 4, 2011
Gus Schuettler ©Stars and Stripes
Mediterranean Sea, August, 1976: Lt. Mike Daniel administers a mathematics exam in one of the unconventional classrooms aboard the USS Nimitz, amid the anchor chains in the carrier's forecastle. Sailors were able to take high school and college courses during their months at sea.
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Read a 1976 story about the USS Nimitz's degree programs.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 3, 2011
L.E. Perkins ©Stars and Stripes
Stuttgart, Germany, September 28, 1976: Ray Charles talks to reporters after treating an appreciative crowd at the Liederhalle to a two-hour show. "When an entertainer has been in the world of music as long as I have and he's still able to generate that type of response from an audience," he said, "I think it is the most wonderful tribute that you can pay to any performer. I cannot express what I honestly feel in my heart — it really moved me very much to come to Stuttgart and have the people respond to me."
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Read a story about Ray Charles in Stuttgart.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 2, 2011
Ken Schultz ©Stars and Stripes
Hue, South Vietnam, May, 1972: Refugees brought to Hue from outlying areas crowd onto a sampan on the Perfume River, hoping to escape a Communist offensive. More than 27,000 refugees were brought to Camp Books, which was vacated by the 1st Marine Division two years earlier.
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Read a May 14, 1972 Stars and Stripes story about the refugees in South Vietnam.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: May 1, 2011
Gus Schuettler ©Stars and Stripes
London, England, May 28, 1982: Pope John Paul II addresses the faithful at Southwark (St. George's) Roman Catholic Cathedral in South London. In his homily, the pope addressed the ongoing Falklands war between Great Britain and Argentina. "As we proceed to celebrate the great mystery of our faith," he said, "we cannot forget that an armed conflict is taking place. Brothers in Christ are fighting in a war that imperils peace in the world." Large crowds greeted John Paul on the first trip to England by a reigning pope, which included a visit with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
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Read two Stars and Stripes stories about the pope's visit to England:
Britain welcomes the pope
Pope makes unity pledge
