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May 4, 2007

Gifts for Berlin
Bob Greabell ©Stars and Stripes

Frankfurt, Germany, December 13, 1961: A Globemaster transport plane from the 54th Troop Carrier Squadron appears to be devouring a van filled with Berlin-bound Christmas gifts at Rhein-Main Air Base. Subscribers of the New York-based German-language newspaper Staatszeitung contributed more than $7,500 for the gifts, which were then packed by the Hanau Council of Sergeants Major and carried to Berlin's kids by the 54th.
 
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Past photos of the day

May, 2007
May 3, 2007: Massachusetts couple driving 1901 car through Europe, 1960
May 2, 2007: Sophia Loren at the Cannes Film Festival, 1958
May 1, 2007: Truck fire on a highway in Germany, 1965

April, 2007
April 30, 2007: U.N. Emergency Force soldier at the Israeli-Egyptian border, 1958
April 29, 2007: Disc jockey Wolfman Jack in Tokyo, 1976
April 28, 2007: Movie director Howard Hawks, 1948
April 27, 2007: Street scene in Valencia, Spain, 1956
April 26, 2007: Elvis Presley in Germany, 1960
April 25, 2007: Danny Kaye prepares to entertain the troops in Germany, 1948
April 24, 2007: Martina Navratilova plays in the Pan Pacific Open, 1989
April 23, 2007: Patrol in South Vietnam, 1967
April 22, 2007: Ski jumper in the Olympic Games, 1964
April 21, 2007: Oakland A's captain Sal Bando meets another Finley, 1973
April 20, 2007: First day of school in Heidelberg, 1948
April 19, 2007: Guitarist atop the speakers at the Japan Jam, 1979
April 18, 2007: Soldier in Vietnam with mail from home, 1968
April 17, 2007: Crown Prince Akihito arrives at a memorial service for President Kennedy, 1963
April 16, 2007: Redstone rocket fueling exercise, 1962
April 15, 2007: U.S. Air Force's 15th anniversary celebration in Germany, 1962
April 14, 2007: Pole vaulter at the Far East high school track and field meet, 1975
April 13, 2007: Dusting off a sculpture at the Sapporo Snow Festival, 1968
April 12, 2007: The Who onstage at Offenbach, Germany, 1970
April 11, 2007: Boy follows U.S. Army patrol at the Berlin Wall, 1967
April 10, 2007: Baseball fans line up for World Series tickets at Yankee Stadium, 1949
April 9, 2007: Playboy playmate Jo Collins visits the troops in Vietnam, 1966
April 8, 2007: "Gorilla" and captive on a street in Germany, 1992
April 7, 2007: Actress Olivia de Havilland visits a Heidelberg military hospital, 1959
April 6, 2007: Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway takes a bobsled ride at Garmisch, 1953
April 5, 2007: Earvin "Magic" Johnson in the Schweitzer basketball tournament, 1977
April 4, 2007: Berlin Airlift pilots between flights, 1948
April 3, 2007: The Carter Family sings at AFN's Frankfurt studio, 1961
April 2, 2007: USS John F. Kennedy in the Mediterranean, 1969
April 1, 2007: Locals watch a landing exercise in Lebanon, 1958

March, 2007
March 31, 2007: Flight deck of the USS Saratoga, 1990
March 30, 2007: Mona Lisa mania in Tokyo, 1974
March 29, 2007: Lunchtime at Khe Sanh, 1871
March 28, 2007: Winery in Germany's Rhine valley, 1947
March 27, 2007: Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich plays at the Berlin Wall, 1989

March 26, 2007: Ravi Shankar tunes his sitar before a performance, 1971
March 25, 2007: Lamplighter makes his rounds in Munich, 1959
March 24, 2007: Downhill skiing champion Franz Klammer, 1977
March 23, 2007: Baseball players in the Netherlands, 1961
March 22, 2007: Former heavyweight boxing champion Max Schmeling, 1947
March 21, 2007: President Eisenhower in the Philippines, 1960
March 20, 2007: Sailor paints an anchor on the USS Oklahoma City, 1971
March 19, 2007: Violin-maker's shop in Germany, 1956
March 18, 2007: Strollers at the Berlin Wall, 1974
March 17, 2007: Opening week at the Brussels World's Fair, 1958
March 16, 2007: Weaving MacNamara's Lace on the cruiser Little Rock, 1976
March 15, 2007: Helicopter landing amid a cloud of dust in Vietnam, 1967
March 14, 2007: University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith, 1965
March 13, 2007: Singer-actress Eartha Kitt in London, 1958
March 12, 2007: Woman selling strawberries on a Saigon street, 1966
March 11, 2007: Patterns of a bridge over the Rhine River in Germany, 1989
March 10, 2007: A dunk in the Albert Schweitzer basketball tourney semifinals, 1977
March 9, 2007: Traffic jam on the Frankfurt-Darmstadt autobahn, 1956
March 8, 2007: D-Day anniversary ceremony in Normandy, 1955
March 7, 2007: Sean Connery during the filming of a James Bond movie, 1971
March 6, 2007: East German border station, 1954
March 5, 2007: Bookmaker uses "Tic Tac" signals at an English race track, 1965
March 4, 2007: Former United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie, 1959
March 3, 2007: Avid pilot Sen. Barry Goldwater at the controls, 1957
March 2, 2007: Yomiuri Giants teammates Sadaharu Oh and Davey Johnson, 1975
March 1, 2007: Bruno the bulldog, 1955

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