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August 11, 2008

Boxing
Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes

Kirch Goens, Germany, December, 1959:
Louis Malpeso of CCA pitches forward to the canvas, a victim of Willie Carter of CCB in the heavyweight title bout at the 3rd Armored Division boxing championships. The knockout came in the second round.

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Past photos of the day

August, 2008
August 10, 2008: Record-setting loaf of bread, 1980
August 9, 2008: Prime Minister John Diefenbaker reviews Canadian troops, 1958
August 8, 2008: Iraqi prisoner of war, 1991
August 7, 2008: Water skiers at the Army resort on the Eibsee, 1954
August 6, 2008: Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos arrive in Tokyo, 1966
August 5, 2008: President Ford visits Germany, 1975
August 4, 2008: Actress Lana Turner arrives in Frankfurt, 1958
August 3, 2008: Nikita Khrushchev unloads a bouquet of flowers, 1960
August 2, 2008: Mother Theresa stops at the Frankfurt airport, 1984
August 1, 2008: Sean Connery on the set of You Only Live Twice, 1966

July, 2008
July 31, 2008: Bob Hope dances with Raquel Welch in Vietnam, 1967
July 30, 2008: Riding a camel in the Saudi Arabian desert, 1990
July 29, 2008: Singer Johnny Mathis with American troops in South Korea, 1966
July 28, 2008: Joe DiMaggio at a groundbreaking ceremony in New York, 1960
July 27, 2008: Celebration in Beirut, 1982
July 26, 2008: A-1E Skyraiders in formation over Vietnam, 1964
July 25, 2008: Joan Collins and Bing Crosby, 1961

July 24, 2008: Helping a wounded soldier during Operation Attleboro in Vietnam, 1966
July 23, 2008: Peter Sellers on the set of After the Fox in Italy, 1965
July 22, 2008: Actor Errol Flynn in Frankfurt, 1954
July 21, 2008: Schoolchildren prepare to welcome Margaret Truman to Luxembourg, 1951
July 20, 2008: Scrap-metal hunters on Omaha Beach, 1964
July 19, 2008: Mourners pay their last respects to Pope John Paul I, 1978
July 18, 2008: Actresses Sophia Loren and Daniele Darrieux, 1958
July 17, 2008: Planes at a base in the Saudi Arabian desert, 1991
July 16, 2008: White House aide Donald Rumsfeld in Germany, 1971
July 15, 2008: Light aircraft on patrol over South Vietnam, 1967
July 14, 2008: Vice President NIxon meets with Hungarian refugees, 1956
July 13, 2008: Aftermath of a rock concert in Japan, 1979
July 12, 2008: Walking through the tall grass at Omaha Beach, 1989
July 11, 2008: Alabama Gov. George Wallace visits Japan, 1983
July 10, 2008: South Korean troops leave for Vietnam, 1968
July 9, 2008: Dizzy Gillespie backstage in Frankfurt, 1956
July 8, 2008: President Reagan and Prime Minister Thatcher at an economic summit, 1985
July 7, 2008: Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Lynn Swann at a Tokyo football clinic, 1977
July 6, 2008: President Johnson in the Philippines, 1966
July 5, 2008: Actress Vivien Leigh and La Contessa co-star David Knight, 1965
July 4, 2008: Singer Peggy March, 1971
July 3, 2008: Eddie Fisher meets his fans at Hanau, Germany, 1953
July 2, 2008: Taking cover at Khe Sanh, 1968
July 1, 2008: Actor Lee Marvin in Tokyo, 1968

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