Lloyd Borguss ©Stars and Stripes
Munich, Germany, November 23, 1957: Dr. Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstaengl gestures during an interview with Stars and Stripes at his home. Hanfstaengl, a Harvard-educated member of the Sedgwick family of New England, was an accomplished pianist who played for Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, as well as Winston Churchill. However, another of his listeners was Adolf Hitler, a friend and frequent guest at the Hanfstaengl home in Germany. Hanfstaengl became a member of the fuehrer's inner circle and served as the Nazis' foreign press chief before running afoul of elements of the leadership and fleeing Germany in 1937. During the war, he reported to FDR on the workings of Hitler's regime.

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¶ Click here to read a 1971 Associated Press story.
 

October, 2004
October 12, 2004: Rock legend Chuck Berry onstage in Tokyo, 1981
October 11, 2004: North Korean leader Kim Il Sung is burned in effigy during Seoul rally, 1975
October 10, 2004: U.S., S. Korean officials ring a 17-ton "Friendship Bell," 1976
October 9, 2004: Photographer zeroes in on Henry Fonda at Cannes, 1957
October 8, 2004: Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy visits the troops in Germany, 1964
October 7, 2004: Rudolf Nureyev talks to reporters two months after he defected from the USSR, 1961
October 6, 2004: A shepherd tends his flock in Germany, 1981
October 5, 2004: Janet Leigh and other celebs tour Japan on behalf of UNICEF, 1974
October 4, 2004: Under siege at Dak Seang, Vietnam, 1970
October 3, 2004: Break time for students at a seminary in Spain, 1961
October 2, 2004: Massive World War II anti-aircraft bunker in Berlin, 1947
October 1, 2004: Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a tourist in Germany, 1962

September, 2004
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September 29, 2004: Maurice Chevalier in Paris, 1965
September 28, 2004: Bandleader Harry James plays the trumpet at Frankfurt, 1970
September 27, 2004: Japanese rally in support of President Nixon, 1974
September 26, 2004: Bishop Fulton J. Sheen in Germany, 1951
September 25, 2004: William Casey, future CIA director, gets an honorary degree in Korea, 1975
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September 23, 2004: Movie producer and director Cecil B. DeMille in Frankfurt, 1957
September 22, 2004: Jack Paar broadcasts from Berlin after construction of the Wall, 1961
September 21, 2004: Secretary of State Dean Rusk in Tokyo, 1963
September 20, 2004: Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, during filming of The Road to Hong Kong, 1961
September 19, 2004: Fire destroys the Darmstadt Military Community's firehouse, 1947
September 18, 2004: Soldiers from the 196th Light Infantry Brigade arrive in Vietnam, 1966
September 17, 2004: Demonstration of a YC-14 transport plane prototype, 1977
September 16, 2004: Crow Indians visit Germany to promote tourism in Montana and Wyoming, 1972
September 15, 2004: Generals McAuliffe and Westmoreland greet Rep. Gerald Ford, 1955
September 14, 2004: Piano prodigy Van Cliburn arrives in Heidelberg, 1958
September 13, 2004: Artillerymen in Germany pose with a 280mm "atomic cannon," 1956
September 12, 2004: Ann Sheridan and Cary Grant, honorary Heidelberg post fire chiefs, 1948
September 11, 2004: Congressman Adam Clayton Powell arrives in Germany, 1953
September 10, 2004: Elizabeth Taylor visits Japan to promote AIDS research, 1987
September 9, 2004: Dallas Cowboys lineman Bob Lilly as a military photographer, 1967
September 8, 2004: Actor Sean Flynn, Errol's son, on the set of The Son of Captain Blood, 1961
September 7, 2004: Manufacturing the Medal of Honor, 1968
September 6, 2004: The Beatles onstage at Tokyo's Budokan hall, 1966
September 5, 2004: Rev. Billy Graham at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam, 1968
September 4, 2004: Accident on a dangerous stretch of the German autobahn, 1953
September 3, 2004: Lt. Cmdr. John S. McCain III returns after 5½ years as a POW, 1973
September 2, 2004: Mother Theresa speaks in Tokyo, 1981
September 1, 2004: Life in West Berlin during the Soviet blockade, 1948

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