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October 12, 2007

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Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes

Nijmegen, Netherlands, September 17, 1953:
An American servicemember from the 557th QM Aerial Supply Co. is closely watched as he collects his chute following a jump to commemorate the World War II liberation of Nijmegen by the 82nd Airborne Division nine years earlier.
 
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Past photos of the day

October, 2007
October 11, 2007: East German woman visits the West. 1965
October 10, 2007: Singer Roger Daltrey of The Who, 1975
October 9, 2007: Actress Carroll Baker, on tour with Bob Hope, 1965
October 8, 2007: Hull technician on the Little Rock, 1976
October 7, 2007: Protester at Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie, 1979
October 6, 2007: Underway replenishment on the USS Kitty Hawk, 1971
October 5, 2007: Skydiving in Germany, 1959
October 4, 2007: Air defense readiness exercise in South Korea, 1974
October 3, 2007: Football coaches Bill Walsh and Don Shula in London, 1988
October 2, 2007: Actor Raymond Burr in Tokyo, 1963
October 1, 2007: The Arc de Triomphe gets a thorough cleaning, 1965

September, 2007
September 30, 2007: Soldiers pack ammunition for shipment to the Middle East, 1990
September 29, 2007: Actor Robert Montgomery, 1950
September 28, 2007: President Nixon and Generalissimo Francisco Franco, 1970
September 27, 2007: Comedian Allan Sherman, 1966
September 26, 2007: Outdoor office in Lebanon, 1958
September 25, 2007: Munitions factory in Bavaria is demolished, 1946
September 24, 2007: East Berlin's Garden of Remembrance, 1956
September 23, 2007: Young driver at the Brussels World's Fair, 1958
September 22, 2007: Boy meets birds on a Valencia street, 1956
September 21, 2007: Olympic sprinters in an exhibition meet at Frankfurt, 1948
September 20, 2007: Gen. Alexander Haig takes command of EUCOM, 1974
September 19, 2007: Secretary of the Navy John Warner in Germany, 1973
September 18, 2007: Olympic figure-skating champion Barbara Ann Scott, 1948
September 17, 2007: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower meets the troops at Mainz, 1951
September 16, 2007: Raising the East German flag over Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, 1962
September 15, 2007: Crew readies a Middle East-bound Apache helicopter, 1990
September 14, 2007: Movie mogul Spyros Skouras, 1953
September 13, 2007: Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bob Mathias, 1952
September 12, 2007: Elvis Presley arrives in Germany, 1958
September 11, 2007: Actor Hugh O'Brien visits the Yokosuka Naval Hospital, 1967
September 10, 2007: Communications station in Tripoli, 1953
September 9, 2007: Young "gunslinger" in South Korea, 1959
September 8, 2007: Tennis champion Tony Trabert arrives in Germany, 1955
September 7, 2007: Country music star Jeannie C. Riley, 1983
September 6, 2007: Farm scene in England, 1956
September 5, 2007: President Johnson and West German Chancellor Kiesinger, 1967
September 4, 2007: Soldiers at Outpost Harry in Korea, 1953
September 3, 2007: Rocket designer Wernher von Braun, 1959
September 2, 2007: OV-10 Bronco aircraft wrapped for shipment back to the U.S., 1971
September 1, 2007: Hollywood stars arrive in Germany, 1950

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