Photo of the day
From the Stripes archives
June 28, 2008

Luxembourg parade
Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes

Luxembourg, April 9, 1953:
Of the 100,000 people who turned out in the rain to watch the wedding parade of Prince Jean of Luxembourg and Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium, these three may have had the best and driest vantage point on the route ... as long as the band stayed away from foot-stomping music.
 
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Past photos of the day

June, 2008
June 27, 2008: Border guard at the Berlin Wall,1974
June 26, 2008: Modern church near Madrid, 1961
June 25, 2008: Drummer Keith Moon of The Who, 1972
June 24, 2008: House Majority Leader Tip O'Neill in Korea, 1974
June 23, 2008: President Clinton talks with U.S. troops in Kuwait, 1994
June 22, 2008: Princess Margaret poses with British troops, 1954
June 21, 2008: Germans rally in support of the U.S. during the Gulf War, 1991
June 20, 2008: Cow guards trees in Belgium
June 19, 2008: Comedian Red Skelton in Tokyo, 1963
June 18, 2008: U.S. servicemembers in the Saudi Arabian desert, 1991
June 17, 2008: Nearly-deserted West Berlin refugee center after construction of the Wall, 1961
June 16, 2008: Moe Howard of the Three Stooges, 1966
June 15, 2008: Peacock at the Frankfurt Zoo, 1959
June 14, 2008: Future literary agent Sterling Lord at work at Stars and Stripes, 1947
June 13, 2008: Winter survival exercise in Europe, 1954
June 12, 2008: Tourists take in the view of Garmisch from the Zugspitze, 1974
June 11, 2008: Dental hygiene time in Vietnam, 1968
June 10, 2008: Elizabeth Taylor and husband Mike Todd at Cannes, 1957
June 9, 2008: Singers Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor, 1981
June 8, 2008: Sportscaster Jim McKay and figure skater Janet Lynn, 1974
June 7, 2008: Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp, 1955
June 6, 2008: Rusting barge on Omaha Beach in Normandy, 1994
June 5, 2008: Gen. Lucius Clay, on his way to Berlin after construction of the Wall, 1961
June 4, 2008: Golfer Patty Berg conducts a clinic at Wiesbaden, 1963
June 3, 2008: Actress Gina Lollobrigida in Germany, 1954
June 2, 2008: Interrupted shave in Vietnam, 1965
June 1, 2008: Cardinal Spellman with American troops at Orleans, France, 1953

May, 2008
May 31, 2008: South Korean police arrest protesting student, 1967
May 30, 2008: Singer Johnnie Ray starts a tour of U.S. bases in Germany, 1961
May 29, 2008: Director Sydney Pollock at Cannes, 1973
May 28, 2008: Last day of school at Babenhausen, 1959
May 27, 2008: Vietnamese village's defense project, 1962
May 26, 2008: Parachutists at Nijmegen, Netherlands, 1953
May 25, 2008: Bob Hope brings his Christmas show to the USS Kitty Hawk, 1962
May 24, 2008: Guarding the door at 10 Downing St., 1983
May 23, 2008: Vietnamese woman weeps after her house is destroyed by fire, 1962
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

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