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Garmisch, Germany, February, 1956: American figure skater Carol Heiss shows the form that enabled her to win the first of five consecutive world championships in the 1956 competition at Garmisch. Heiss, the silver medalist in the 1956 Olympics, went on to capture the gold in the 1960 games at Squaw Valley.

August, 2008
August 23, 2008: U.S. municipal officials visit Germany, 1957
August 22, 2008: Actor Tom Cruise promotes his latest film, Mission: Impossible, 1996
August 21, 2008: Singer-songwriter Billy Joel waits for a flight in Tokyo, 1991
August 20, 2008: Berlin Wall observation platform, 1971
August 19, 2008: U.S. Olympic Team member is welcomed to Germany by his grandmother, 1948
August 18, 2008: German boy heads for vacation under Kinderlift program, 1956
August 17, 2008: Queen Elizabeth II at a tree-planting ceremony in Tokyo, 1975
August 16, 2008: Break time at Saigon's Independence Palace, 1968
August 15, 2008: Neil Young at Frankfurt's Festhalle, 1996
August 14, 2008: Skaters at an Army Relief Fund benefit, 1949
August 13, 2008: British Royal Marines take part in a demolition exercise, 1959
August 12, 2008: Marine in Lebanon during Operation Blue Bat, 1958
August 11, 2008: Knockout in the 3rd Armored Division's boxing championship, 1959
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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