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From the Stripes archives
March 6, 2006

Tokyo firefighter
Ken George ©Stars and Stripes

Tokyo, February 8, 1982: An exhausted Tokyo firefighter eats a cup of noodles after spending eight hours battling a blaze at the 10-story Hotel New Japan in the city's Akasaka district. The death toll in the fire reached 33, and the hotel's owner, billionaire Hideki Yokoi, was found guilty of negligence and sent to prison.
 
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     At least 24 die, 33 hurt in Tokyo hotel blaze
     Air Force wife describes 6-floor jump in hotel fire
 



Past photos of the day

March, 2006
March 5, 2006: Dr. Norman Vincent Peale in Tokyo, 1969
March 4, 2006: Nuns and sailors team up to help Philippine typhoon victims, 1988
March 3, 2006: Operation Cedar Falls in Vietnam, 1967
March 2, 2006: Actress Shirley MacLaine in Tokyo, 1961
March 1, 2006: Krupp family member returns from postwar imprisonment, 1955

February, 2006
February 28, 2006: Joe Torre, during the New York Mets' goodwill tour of Japan, 1974
February 27, 2006: Ray Charles performs at Frankfurt, Germany, 1981
February 26, 2006: Woman climbs over a fence in the Azores, 1976
February 25, 2006: Ski ballet on the slopes of Garmisch, Germany, 1961
February 24, 2006: Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge smiles for the folks back home, 1965
February 23, 2006: New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath visits a U.S. Army hospital, 1969
February 22, 2006: Former Vice President Richard Nixon meets the press in Tokyo, 1965
February 21, 2006: Olympic skiing champion Gretchen Fraser at St. Moritz, 1948
February 20, 2006: Soldier guides a helicopter to a safe but wet landing in Vietnam, 1967
February 19, 2006: Camera-shy fashion show attendee, 1947
February 18, 2006: Skateboarder at sunset, 1978
February 17, 2006: Meeting a ride in West Berlin, 1962
February 16, 2006: Writer-cartoonist Shel Silverstein arrives in Japan, 1956
February 15, 2006: Skier Buddy Werner at Garmisch, Germany, 1959
February 14, 2006: Army Secretary Robert Stevens at Baumholder, Germany, 1954
February 13, 2006: Ray Davies of the Kinks, 1994
February 12, 2006: West Berlin Mayor Ernst Reuter, 1951
February 11, 2006: White House correspondent Sarah McClendon, 1983
February 10, 2006: Bob Seger onstage in Offenbach, Germany, 1977
February 9, 2006: Hydrogen bomb developer Dr. Edward Teller, 1980
February 8, 2006: TV and radio host Arthur Godfrey in Tokyo, 1960
February 7, 2006: Rainy night in Venice, Italy, 1967
February 6, 2006: Apollo 12 astronauts in Taiwan on post-flight goodwill tour, 1970
February 5, 2006: Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko visits Japan, 1966
February 4, 2006: Boy herds ducks along a highway in South Vietnam, 1969
February 3, 2006: Joni Mitchell performs at Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1983
February 2, 2006: Edward G. Robinson on the set of My Geisha in Tokyo, 1961
February 1, 2006: NAACP head Dr. Benjamin Hooks in Tokyo, 1982

January, 2006
January 31, 2006: Torrejon Air Base riding club, 1988
January 30, 2006: Actress Lana Turner arrives in Germany for a tour of U.S. bases, 1948
January 29, 2006: Gladys Knight and the Pips in Tokyo, 1975
January 28, 2006: Secretary of State Dean Acheson in Heidelberg, 1949
January 27, 2006: Activation Day for the 505th Infantry in Germany, 1959
January 26, 2006: Pole vaulter Bob Seagren at a meet in Tokyo, 1969
January 25, 2006: Rock star Gus Backus in his day job as an Air Force medic, 1960
January 24, 2006: Children in Beirut, Lebanon, 1983
January 23, 2006: Actress Melina Mercouri on location in Greece, 1961
January 22, 2006: A walk on Germany's Lüneburg Heath, 1976
January 21, 2006: Busload of refugees in South Vietnam, 1972
January 20, 2006: Otto Strasser, former Hitler colleague, returns to Germany, 1955
January 19, 2006: South Vietnamese soldiers train on a McGuire rig, 1972
January 18, 2006: Movie producer Otto Preminger arrives in Frankfurt, 1959
January 17, 2006: Billy Joel at Tokyo's Budokan Hall, 1981
January 16, 2006: U.S. Marines in the field during Operation Swift in Vietnam, 1967
January 15, 2006: Bill Johnson wins the Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing, 1984
January 14, 2006: Boats in Da Nang Harbor, 1967
January 13, 2006: The Bee Gees prepare to start their world tour, 1989
January 12, 2006: Dog chases a motorcycle in the Netherlands, 1961
January 11, 2006: De-icing a C-130 aircraft at Rhein-Main, 1980
January 10, 2006: Courtney Love at Frankfurt's Volksbildungsheim, 1995
January 9, 2006: Pastoral scene in Holland, 1957
January 8, 2006: Singer Lou Rawls, during a USO tour of the Far East, 1983
January 7, 2006: Guitarist Carlos Santana performs in Frankfurt, 1981
January 6, 2006: President Eisenhower at a NATO summit in Paris, 1957
January 5, 2006: Soviet war memorial in East Berlin, 1950
January 4, 2006: Soldiers pause for a photo while on patrol in South Vietnam, 1969
January 3, 2006: Diana Ross onstage in Frankfurt, 1976
January 2, 2006: Berlin motorcycle policemen perform a stunt during their annual show, 1961
January 1, 2006: Sculpture causes a stir at the Seoul Museum of Modern Art, 1980

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