Russ Anderson ©Stars and Stripes
Utapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand, January 28, 1970: A crewman checks some of the 30 tons of bombs that will be carried by a Strategic Air Command B-52 on a mission over Southeast Asia. Thailand was the starting point for the majority of B-52 missions during the war; others took off from Guam and Okinawa. Nearly fifty years after its rollout, the B-52 is still a prominent part of the Air Force arsenal; it was used in the Gulf War and in Kosovo, and most recently during the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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July, 2004
July 18, 2004: Fire destroys the Yongsan main post chapel, 1967 (With story)
July 17, 2004: Photographer David Douglas Duncan, 1966 (With story)
July 16, 2004: Country music legend Hank Snow at Rhein-Main, 1961 (With story)
July 15, 2004: Activist Gloria Steinem in Tokyo, 1985 (With story)
July 14, 2004: Actor-comedian Pat Morita, 1967 (With story)
July 13, 2004: President Clinton with 1st Armored Div. troops at Baumholder, 1995 (With stories)
July 12, 2004: Col. Chuck Yeager prepares for takeoff, 1966 (With story)
July 11, 2004: Actress Lotte Lenya in Frankfurt, 1963 (With story)
July 10, 2004: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India arrives in Tokyo, 1969
July 9, 2004: Airman performs at Rock 'n' Roll-o-Rama, 1959 (With stories and additional photos)
July 8, 2004: Missile firing practice on Okinawa, 1968 (With story and additional photos)
July 7, 2004: Field dentistry in Vietnam, 1968 (With story)
July 6, 2004: Little Richard, in top form at age 60, 1993 (With story)
July 5, 2004: Disarming World War II ordnance found on Okinawa, 1967 (With additional photos)
July 4, 2004: Shirley Temple Black promotes voting, 1968 (With stories)
July 3, 2004: George Jessel, "America's Toastmaster," 1970
July 2, 2004: Astronaut Wally Schirra is honored in the Philippines, 1966 (With story)
July 1, 2004: North Vietnamese POWs are tidied up for Premier Ky's visit, 1967 (With additional photos)

June, 2004
June 30, 2004: Author Erskine Caldwell visits Stars and Stripes, 1963 (With story)
June 29, 2004: Comedian Danny Kaye visits a military hospital in Japan, 1967 (With story)
June 28, 2004: Mike Tyson trains for his fight with Buster Douglas, 1990 (With story and additional photos)
June 27, 2004: The Boone and Osmond families team up for a tour of Japan, 1969 (With story)
June 26, 2004: The Falcons get ready for the USAREUR football playofs, 1956 (With additional photos)
June 25, 2004: Presidents Richard Nixon and Charles de Gaulle in Paris, 1969 (With additional photos)
June 24, 2004: South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, 1963 (With additional photos)
June 23, 2004: Jimi Hendrix in Frankfurt, 1969 (With additional photos)
June 22, 2004: Frank Sinatra performs on the USS Midway, 1974 (With story and additional photos)
June 21, 2004: Peter O'Toole, during the filming of What's New, Pussycat?, 1964 (With story)
June 20, 2004: Walter Cronkite speaks to fellow journalists in Tokyo, 1981 (With story)
June 19, 2004: Gen. Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie, arrive in Frankfurt, 1951
June 18, 2004: Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey in Saigon, 1966 (With story)
June 17, 2004: Police seize a man who attacked Japanese Prime Minister Miki, 1975 (With stories)
June 16, 2004: Boxer Joe Frazier advances to the finals at the 1964 Olympics (With stories)
June 15, 2004: Singer and actress Eartha Kitt at Heidelberg, Germany, 1971 (With stories)
June 14, 2004: Five on a motorcycle in Saigon, 1970 (With additional photos)
June 13, 2004: Former President Herbert Hoover in Germany, 1947
June 12, 2004: Actress Helen Hayes at Yongsan Garrison, 1965
June 11, 2004: President Reagan in Berlin, 1982 (With stories)
June 10, 2004: Actress Jane Russell at Frankfurt, 1951 (With story)
June 9, 2004: Chimney sweep in Sembach, Germany, 1965 (With story and additional photos)
June 8, 2004: Brink's robber Sandy Richardson, 1979 (With story)
June 7, 2004: "Roots" author Alex Haley, 1977 (With story)
June 6, 2004: Gen. J. Lawton Collins, in France for the D-Day anniversary, 1969 (With additional photos)
June 5, 2004: World War II fighter ace Joe Foss, 1963 (With story)
June 4, 2004: Anna M. Hays, the Army's first female brigadier general, 1971 (With story)
June 3, 2004: Famous Amos cookie company founder Wally Amos in Tokyo, 1986 (With story)
June 2, 2004: Actress and swimming champion Esther Williams, 1959 (With story)
June 1, 2004: Auto racing champion Stirling Moss takes a back seat, 1965 (With story)

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