Photo of the day
From the Stripes archives
May 23, 2008

South Vietnam fire
Al Chang ©Stars and Stripes

Saigon, South Vietnam, April, 1962:
A Vietnamese woman weeps at the site of her home, which was one of 200 destroyed in a two-hour fire that displaced more than 1,000 people in a crowded northern section of Saigon.
 
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Past photos of the day

May, 2008
May 22, 2008: East German policemen on the Berlin Wall, 1990
May 21, 2008: Inspecting an F-16's engine at Kunsan Air Base, 1985
May 20, 2008: Sen. Ted Kennedy in Vietnam, 1968
May 19, 2008: Douglas MacArthur statue in Inchon, 1988
May 18, 2008: U.S. Marines keep watch over downtown Beirut, 1958
May 17, 2008: Helicopters in the Saudi desert, 1990
May 16, 2008: Former President and Mrs. Eisenhower arrive in Bonn, 1962
May 15, 2008: Preparing ammunition for shipment to the Middle East, 1990
May 14, 2008: Jewish refugees in Hamburg, 1947
May 13, 2008: Montagnards prepare to defend their village in South Vietnam, 1969
May 12, 2008: Near the battle lines in Bosnia, 1995
May 11, 2008: Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird poses with servicemembers, 1970
May 10, 2008: CARE package for a hungry European family, 1948
May 9, 2008: Soon-to-be Wimbledon champ Lew Hoad, 1956
May 8, 2008: Meat Loaf performs at Frankfurt's Festhalle, 1994
May 7, 2008: Flooding in Bavaria, 1954
May 6, 2008: Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, 1989
May 5, 2008: Berlin monument being repaired, 1947
May 4, 2008: Mule-and-camel caravan in Turkey, 1957
May 3, 2008: Changing a propeller in Vietnam, 1962
May 2, 2008: Introducing Korean kids to golf, 1955

May 1, 2008: Stripes columnist Al Ricketts with Edward G. Robinson, 1961

April, 2008
April 30, 2008: Berlin's "Freedom Bell" arrives at Bremerhaven, 1950
April 29, 2008: Water sellers in Marrakesh, 1960
April 28, 2008: Gen. William Westmoreland in Vietnam, 1967
April 27, 2008: Transatlantic wedding by telephone, 1949
April 26, 2008: Swimmer Mark Spitz prepares for the Olympics, 1972
April 25, 2008: Berlin airlift "Candy Bomber" Col. Gail Halvorsen, 1974
April 24, 2008: Tank gunnery exercise in Germany, 1960
April 23, 2008: Ceremony honors four South Korean officers killed in Vietnam, 1969
April 22, 2008: U.S. Marine with Viet Cong prisoners, 1966
April 21, 2008: South Korean soldiers guard the border with North Korea, 1969
April 20, 2008: Gas station in Saudi Arabia, 1990
April 19, 2008: Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson and Gen. Matthew Ridgway, 1953
April 18, 2008: Cartoonist Bill Mauldin in Vietnam, 1965
April 17, 2008: Bob Hope with kids during his Christmas tour of the Far East, 1966
April 16, 2008: Gen. Douglas MacArthur at Yokota Air Base, 1961
April 15, 2008: Czechoslovakia vs. Canada hockey game at the Olympics, 1952
April 14, 2008: Baseball stars visit the troops in Vietnam, 1966
April 13, 2008: Folk singers Gordon Heath and Lee Payant, 1953
April 12, 2008: Soldier hangs out the laundry in South Vietnam, 1968
April 11, 2008: Ludwig Erhard at memorial service for West German miners, 1962
April 10, 2008: Rep. Mendel Rivers and Gen. Mark Clark in Tokyo, 1965
April 9, 2008: German punk rocker Nina Hagen, 1983
April 8, 2008: Striking Bavarian workers rally in Munich, 1948
April 7, 2008: EOD team digs out an unexploded shell at Khe Sanh, 1971
April 6, 2008: Gen. Eisenhower's wartime pet, Telek, returns to the U.S., 1947
April 5, 2008: Checking out an F-15E aircraft during Operation Desert Storm, 1991
April 4, 2008: Trainees climb the rigging of the Pollux in Amsterdam, 1961
April 3, 2008: Actor Roger Moore at a Frankfurt press conference, 1974
April 2, 2008: Sonobuoys ready for P3C Orion flights at Misawa, 1977
April 1, 2008: Actress Colleen Dewhurst plays softball in New York City, 1976

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