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January 7, 2007

Norwegian troops
Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes

Norway, September 1954: Three members of the Norwegian Army's Horseback Company 2, taking part in NATO's Polar Mist exercise far above the Arctic Circle, utilize a type of transportation designed to reach difficult mountain positions.
 
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Past photos of the day

January, 2007
January 6, 2007: Large, friendly dog at Tempelhof Airport, 1954
January 5, 2007: Deserted Cold War guard tower in Germany, 1990
January 4, 2007: South African Prime Minister Daniel Malan, 1949
January 3, 2007: Aftermath of deadly explosion at I.G. Farben plant in Germany, 1948
January 2, 2007: President Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Japan, 1974
January 1, 2007: James Brown arrives in South Korea, 1968

December, 2006
December 31, 2006: Rooftop swimming pool in Frankfurt, 1954
December 30, 2006: Congressional delegation in Germany, 1947
December 29, 2006: Former first lady Mamie Eisenhower and Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, 1969
December 28, 2006: March of Dimes campaign in Germany, 1948
December 27, 2006: St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson at a USAFE baseball clinic, 1972
December 26, 2006: TV weatherman Willard Scott visits the troops in Saudi Arabia, 1990
December 25, 2006: 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry troops with Christmas tree, 1969
December 24, 2006: Christmas star at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, 1969
December 23, 2006: Tank awaits repairs after hitting a mine during training in S. Korea, 1960
December 22, 2006: Winter training at Berchtesgaden, Germany, 1967
December 21, 2006: Marlon Brando meets the press in Tokyo, 1957
December 20, 2006: Santa at the East-West border near Fulda, Germany, 1975
December 19, 2006: Dr. Albert Schweitzer with U.S.-bound Gabonese boy, 1961
December 18, 2006: Soldier in Croatia shaves in front of a Humvee mirror, 1995
December 17, 2006: Navy pilot Lt. Robert O. Goodman, Jr., returns from Syria, 1984
December 16, 2006: Bringing the Christmas tree home in Saigon, 1970
December 15, 2006: Director Nicholas Ray on the set of 55 Days at Peking, 1962
December 14, 2006: Searchlight platoon in South Korea, 1957
December 13, 2006: Christmas tree on the other side of the Berlin Wall, 1961
December 12, 2006: Air Force captain works as an extra on a movie set, 1978
December 11, 2006: Golfer Arnold Palmer in Tokyo, 1984
December 10, 2006: Snowman at Eagle Base in Bosnia, 1996
December 9, 2006: Parachutist caught in a tree, 1975
December 8, 2006: Art Linkletter tapes his TV show in Germany, 1967
December 7, 2006: Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis in Frankfurt, 1955
December 6, 2006: Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler, 1971
December 5, 2006: Marines during the fight for Hill 484 in Vietnam, 1966
December 4, 2006: Leonard Bernstein stops in Frankfurt on his way to Berlin, 1960
December 3, 2006: Stork works on a nest in Pfungstadt, Germany, 1948
December 2, 2006: Comedian Phil Silvers in London, 1959
December 1, 2006: Chiang Kai-shek arrives at a military exercise in Taiwan, 1965

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