Photo of the day
From the Stripes archives
December 26, 2007

Beirut pharmacy
Gus Schuettler ©Stars and Stripes

Beirut, Lebanon, August, 1982:
Although recent fighting between Israel and the PLO had torn much of the fabric of Beirut's civilization, the owner of this pharmacy in the city's eastern section wanted potential customers to know that it was business as usual despite the chaos and resulting sandbags.
 
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Past photos of the day

December, 2007
December 25, 2007: Santa arrives at a Special Forces base in Vietnam, 1968
December 24, 2007: Preparing a Christmas tree near the Berlin Wall, 1961
December 23, 2007: Max Patkin, "the Clown Prince of Baseball," 1953
December 22, 2007: Newspaper publisher Eugene C. Pulliam, 1947
December 21, 2007: Actor Brad Pitt at the Tokyo Film Festival, 1998
December 20, 2007: Dedication of a Battle of the Bulge memorial in Belgium, 1950
December 19, 2007: Henry Fonda at the Cannes Film Festival, 1957
December 18, 2007: Frank Shorter wins the Olympic marathon, 1972
December 17, 2007: Aircraft maintenance in the Saudi Arabian desert, 1990
December 16, 2007: Heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman in Tokyo, 1973
December 15, 2007: World War II veteran returns to Omaha Beach 20 years later, 1964
December 14, 2007: President and Mrs. Reagan arrive in Vienna, 1987
December 13, 2007: Ike and Tina Turner onstage at Frankfurt, Germany, 1972
December 12, 2007: Parachutist at La Motte, France, 1994
December 11, 2007: Special Forces advisors in Vietnam, 1963
December 10, 2007: James Brown at Yongsan Garrison, 1968
December 9, 2007: Rev. Billy Graham in Darmstadt, Germany, 1963
December 8, 2007: John Foster Dulles talks with reporters in Frankfurt, 1948
December 7, 2007: Festivities mark 25th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, 1973
December 6, 2007: Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart at the Rhein-Main airport, 1959
December 5, 2007: Australian tourists on the autobahn, 1953
December 4, 2007: Tenth anniversary of the liberation of Nancy, France, 1954
December 3, 2007: Sammy Davis Jr. performs in Hanau, Germany, 1976
December 2, 2007: Pat Boone onstage in Tokyo, 1964
December 1, 2007: South Vietnamese Army "rag boats" on the Saigon River, 1967

November, 2007
November 30, 2007: Jane Fonda at a press conference in Tokyo, 1971
November 29, 2007: Emperor Hirohito at a memorial ceremony, 1963
November 28, 2007: Royal Canadian Air Force hockey players, 1954
November 27, 2007: UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, 1962
November 26, 2007: John Bon Jovi in the cockpit of an F-16 at Ramstein, 1988
November 25, 2007: Trash-bag sledding in Wiesbaden, 1997
November 24, 2007: Quality check for American beer, 1954
November 23, 2007: Christmas lights in Essen, Germany, 1967
November 22, 2007: Special Forces soldier in Vietnam, 1964
November 21, 2007: Winter survival exercise in Germany, 1954
November 20, 2007: Bubble-gum bubble-blowing contest, 1989
November 19, 2007: The Harlem Globetrotters in Germany, 1952
November 18, 2007: Navy SEALs demonstrate fast-getaway techniques in Vietnam, 1967
November 17, 2007: Reflections in water drops, 1990
November 16, 2007: Joe DiMaggio talks with kids in Germany, 1962
November 15, 2007: Singer Glen Campbell arrives in Japan, 1974
November 14, 2007: Black Panther Party member speaks in Heidelberg, 1970
November 13, 2007: U.S. troops with Iraqi prisoners, 1991
November 12, 2007: World War II aviator Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, 1978
November 11, 2007: Antwerp ceremony honors U.S. dead from World War II, 1947
November 10, 2007: Changing a bus tire on a South Korean expressway, 1981
November 9, 2007: Memorial at the Berlin Wall, 1961
November 8, 2007: The Osmond family in Germany, 1972
November 7, 2007: Special Forces troops atop one of Vietnam's Marble Mountains, 1969
November 6, 2007: Comedian Buster Keaton, 1962
November 5, 2007: Chipping away at the Berlin Wall, 1989
November 4, 2007: Young visitor to the U.S. military cemetery at Omaha Beach, 1984
November 3, 2007: President Kennedy visits Cologne, Germany, 1963
November 2, 2007: Ammunition dump explosion in  Vietnam, 1969
November 1, 2007: Bob Dylan onstage in Germany, 1978

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