Photo of the day From the Stripes archives
December 9, 2004
S. Kim ©Stars and Stripes
Seoul, South Korea, April 9, 1963: Louis Armstrong shakes hands with trombonist Trummy Young at the end of a song on opening night of the sprawling new Walker Hill Resort. Armstrong and his band were to play for two weeks at Walker Hill before moving on to Japan for more shows.
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December, 2004
December
8, 2004: Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle with two former enemies, 1974
December
7, 2004: Jazz great Dave Brubeck in Munich, 1966
December
6, 2004: Prince Charles and Princess Diana in Japan, 1986
December
5, 2004: Father Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, 1948
December
4, 2004: A greeting for actor Gary Cooper at the airport, 1956
December
3, 2004: Heart-transplant pioneer Dr. Christiaan Barnard, 1968
December
2, 2004: Guitarist Eric Clapton onstage in Germany, 1983
December 1, 2004: Actress Raquel Welch dances with soldiers during a
show in Vietnam, 1967
November, 2004
November
30, 2004: Olympic long jump champions Jesse Owens and Ralph Boston, 1960
November
29, 2004: Muppets creator Jim Henson with Kermit the Frog, 1986
November
28, 2004: New York Giants kicker Pete Gogolak in the U.S. Army, 1968
November
27, 2004: Sunset on the deck of the USS Forrestal in the Mediterranean,
1970
November
26, 2004: Secretary of Defense James Forrestal and Gen. Lucius Clay,
1948
November
25, 2004: Thanksgiving time in Vietnam, 1967
November
24, 2004: Out for a winter stroll in Garmisch, Germany, 1974
November
23, 2004: Simon and Garfunkel on their reunion tour, 1982
November
22, 2004: Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson performs in Germany, 1961
November
21, 2004: Walt Kelly, creator of the Pogo comic strip, 1965
November
20, 2004: World War II refugee children prepare to go home to
Czechoslovakia, 1947
November 19, 2004: Robert Redford, in Japan on a promotional tour for
The Natural, 1984
November
18, 2004: Recipients of Combat Infantryman's Badges for WWII, Korea and
Vietnam, 1963
November
17, 2004: Richard Widmark gets help with a movie role from
servicemembers, 1954
November
16, 2004: Col. Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, 1978
November
15, 2004: Actress Maureen O'Hara and her husband, a noted aviator, 1969
November
14, 2004: Publishing magnate Henry R. Luce, 1954
November
13, 2004: A boy rides his scooter near the Berlin Wall, 1961
November
12, 2004: Mayor Willy Brandt welcomes Vice President Johnson to West
Berlin, 1961
November
11, 2004: Berlin honor guard practices, 1961
November
10, 2004: Family living next to the Berlin Wall, 1966
November
9, 2004: An American MP halts a Soviet vehicle at Checkpoint Charlie,
1961
November
8, 2004: A West Berliner waves to a friend on the other side of the
Wall, 1961
November
7, 2004: Comedian Morey Amsterdam, of The Dick Van Dyke Show
fame, 1964
November
6, 2004: Charlie Manuel, as a player in the Japanese baseball league,
1979
November
5, 2004: Rod Stewart in concert at Tokyo's Budokan hall, 1981.
November
4, 2004: Children's TV icon "Mister Rogers" visits Okinawa, 1975
November
3, 2004: Gregory Peck, on the set of The Chairman at Taipei, 1968
November 2, 2004: Oberammergau residents relax amid the "Passion Play"
commotion, 1950
November 1, 2004: Young spectator at a D-Day anniversary ceremony in
Normandy, 1984
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