Photo of the day
From the Stripes archives
November 15, 2009

Somalia
Dave Casey ©Stars and Stripes

Somalia, June, 1993: 
A sign at a sandstorm-plagued U.S. military compound near Mogadishu, Somalia, reflects the popular opinion about conditions there.

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Past photos of the day

November, 2009
November 14, 2009: Running of the Bulls at Pamplona, 1989
November 13, 2009: Woman selling cheese on roadside in Yugoslavia, 1989
November 12, 2009: Donovan performs at Frankfurt, 1973
November 11, 2009: Waiting to be airlifted in Vietnam, 1968
November 10, 2009: King Mohammed V of Morocco, 1958
November 9, 2009: Celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989
November 8, 2009: Berlin Wall under construction, 1961
November 7, 2009: Poster seeks justice after escaping East Berliner is killed, 1961
November 6, 2009: Bob Hope and Jerry Colonna at Hanau, 1958
November 5, 2009: Burro carries a heavy load, 1961
November 4, 2009: USS Saratoga flight deck, 1965
November 3, 2009: Pilgrims praying at Lourdes, 1964
November 2, 2009: Helicopter hauls small plane away for repairs, 1963
November 1, 2009: Basketball star Julius Erving at a clinic in Tokyo, 1990

October, 2009
October 31, 2009: Sailboat on the river in Heidelberg, 1988
October 30, 2009: Family reunion for Arnold Palmer in Japan, 1964
October 29, 2009: Shrink-wrapped copter is loaded onto a barge, 1988
October 28, 2009: Composer Leonard Bernstein in Japan, 1985
October 27, 2009: New York Yankees Yogi Berra and Elston Howard, 1955
October 26, 2009: Stomping grapes in Greece, 1957
October 25, 2009: President Nixon talks to reporters in Vietnam, 1969
October 24, 2009: Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog, 1987
October 23, 2009: Standing guard at the Khyber Pass, 1958
October 22, 2009: Young earthquake victim in Yugoslavia, 1963
October 21, 2009: Jeep gets towed out of the mud in Vietnam, 1966
October 20, 2009: Royal Canadian Air Force jets fly over base in Germany, 1973
October 19, 2009: High school basketball action at Frankfurt, 1971
October 18, 2009: Cher and Gregg Allman onstage in Frankfurt, 1977
October 17, 2009: Vietnamese fishermen at Cap St. Jacques, 1959
October 16, 2009: Prince Charles and Princess Diana in Tokyo, 1986
October 15, 2009: Jazz great Dave Brubeck in Munich, 1966
October 14, 2009: Limousine awaits visitor to Oberammergau Passion Play, 1950
October 13, 2009: OV1 Mohawk reconnaissance plane over Vietnam, 1971
October 12, 2009: Soviet soldier at Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie, 1961
October 11, 2009: Sledder takes to the air, 1970
October 10, 2009: WWII Luftwaffe pilots visit a U.S. air base, 1953
October 9, 2009: Pro-communist youth rally in East Berlin, 1950
October 8, 2009: Pole vaulter Sergei Bubka, 1992
October 7, 2009: Gypsy Rose Lee in Saigon, 1969
October 6, 2009: Vice President Mondale and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, 1979
October 5, 2009: NATO summit photo op, 1957
October 4, 2009: Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright tries to save the Imperial Hotel, 1967
October 3, 2009: Table tennis champions, 1958
October 2, 2009: Tourist atop the Berlin Wall, 1989
October 1, 2009: Larry Doby as a member of the Chunichi Dragons, 1962

September, 2009
September 30, 2009: Diana Ross onstage in Germany, 1976
September 29, 2009: Recent Super Bowl hero Joe Namath visits a military hospital, 1969
September 28, 2009: Junior parachutists, 1959
September 27, 2009: French skier's bid for another Olympic gold ends with a fall, 1964
September 26, 2009: Blues great John Lee Hooker in Frankfurt, 1962
September 25, 2009: Commanders plot strategy during Operation Billings, 1967
September 24, 2009: Singer Tom Jones in Tokyo, 1973
September 23, 2009: Jackie Robinson talks to students in Tokyo, 1956
September 22, 2009: President Gerald Ford in South Korea, 1974
September 21, 2009: Refugee camp on the Gaza Strip, 1958
September 20, 2009: Pilot of plane that crashed while making an emergency landing, 1970
September 19, 2009: Fountain in Madrid, Spain, 1988
September 18, 2009: Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir, 1962
September 17, 2009: Peter, Paul and Mary, 1982
September 16, 2009: Carl Lewis is congratulated after breaking the world record in the 100, 1991
September 15, 2009: Under attack at Khe Sanh, 1968
September 14, 2009: A "pusher" crams passengers onto a Tokyo train, 1975
September 13, 2009: Thanksgiving dinner with Cardinal Spellman in Germany, 1965
September 12, 2009: Bobsled champion Eugenio Monti, 1958
September 11, 2009: War hero Audie Murphy during filming of a movie in Germany, 1960
September 10, 2009: Pope John Paul II arrives at Mainz, 1980
September 9, 2009: Cattle market in South Vietnam, 1970
September 8, 2009: Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bill Haley in Germany, 1958
September 7, 2009: Taekwondo demonstration in Vietnam, 1966
September 6, 2009: On the edge of a canal in Amsterdam, 1961
September 5, 2009: Errol Flynn performs at a charity event in Frankfurt, 1954
September 4, 2009: Selling goods on the roadside at Toledo, Spain, 1970
September 3, 2009: Univac computer in Frankfurt, 1960
September 2, 2009: 3rd Armored Division football game in Hanau, 1967
September 1, 2009: Johnny Weissmuller's "Tarzan yell," 1971
 

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