Photo of the day
From the Stripes archives
December 10, 2004

Melvin Laird and Francisco Franco
Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes

Barcelona, Spain, June 23, 1970: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, center, and Ambassador to Spain Robert C. Hill, right, are greeted by Spanish chief of state Francisco Franco at the Palace of Pedralbes. Laird, making his first visit to Spain since 1954, was the first U.S. defense secretary to meet with the generalissimo.
 
Past photos of the day

December, 2004
December 9, 2004: Louis Armstrong plays at the opening of the Walker Hill Resort in Korea, 1963
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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