Photo of the day
From the Stripes archives
June 30, 2003
Operation Attleboro
Kim Ki Sam
©Stars and Stripes
Near Tay Ninh, Vietnam, November 4, 1966: A soldier stands amid swirling dust from a helicopter arriving to evacuate the wounded after the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division came under heavy Viet Cong fire during Operation Attleboro.

RELATED MATERIAL
Click here for more photos from the aftermath of the November 4 battle.
Click here for a Stripes story about the battle.
Click here for a Stripes story from later in the month recapping Operation Attleboro.


Past photos of the day

June 29, 2003: Filming of "The Sand Pebbles," with Steve McQueen and Candice Bergen, 1965
June 28, 2003: Actor Lee Marvin in Tokyo, 1968.
June 27, 2003: Singer Eartha Kitt meets the press in Germany, 1962
June 26, 2003: Eleanor Roosevelt and John Foster Dulles, 1948 (With additional photos and stories)
June 25, 2003: Aristotle Onassis at the Frankfurt airport, 1955
June 24, 2003: Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne as an infant in Germany, 1948
(With story)
June 23, 2003: Robert Vogeler in Vienna, after his release from a Hungarian prison, 1951
June 22, 2003: President and Mrs. Reagan are welcomed to Bonn, Germany, 1982
June 21, 2003: A salute from two generations, 1988
June 20, 2003: The Apollo 11 astronauts stop in Germany as part of their goodwill tour, 1969

June 19, 2003: 2nd Armored Division demonstrates firing of 280mm cannon, 1955
June 18, 2003: F-15 Eagle takes off from Bitburg Air Base, 1979 (With additional photos)
June 17, 2003: U.S. defeats the Soviet Union in Olympic hockey, 1980
June 16, 2003: Sen. Prescott Bush at USAREUR headquarters, 1957
June 15, 2003: Under fire in Vietnam, 1966 (With story and additional photos)
June 14, 2003: New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel mugs for the camera, 1955
June 13, 2003: Sailor watches Martha Raye show through porthole, 1965
June 12, 2003: Marilyn Monroe visits the troops in Korea, 1954 (With stories and additional photos)
June 11, 2003: Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in Vietnam, 1966
June 10, 2003: Filming of "Judgment at Nuremberg," 1961 (With story and additional photos)
June 9, 2003: Attempted escape to the West foiled in Berlin, 1961 (With additional photos)
June 8, 2003: Operation Desert Storm, Battle of the 73 Easting, 1991. (With story)
June 7, 2003: John Wayne at the U.S. Army Hospital on Okinawa, 1967.

June 6, 2003: Ann-Margret entertains servicemembers in Vietnam, 1966. (With additional photos)
June 5, 2003: A spectator stretches to get a photo of President Gerald Ford, 1975.
June 4, 2003: Robert Kennedy greets admirers in Heidelberg, 1964. (With story and additional photos)
June 3, 2003: Elvis Presley relaxes during an interview in Germany, 1960.
June 2, 2003: A wounded soldier gets help from two of his comrades in Vietnam, 1967.
June 1, 2003: Gen. Eisenhower gets the news of Gen. MacArthur's dismissal, 1951.