Heidelberg, Germany, June 19, 1948: Romance was in the air for many a service member serving in Europe in those immediate post-war years. Stars and Stripes staffers were not immune to Cupid’s arrow either and Stripes’ staff photographers were often called upon to do double duty as wedding photographers for their love-struck colleagues.
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![When Stars and Stripes’ editors compiled the first issue of the London edition of Stars and Stripes published April 18, 1942, they gave it Vol 2., Issue No. 1 in honor and acknowledgement of its WWI predecessor printed in France by and for the “doughboys” serving in the American Expeditionary Forces. The London edition was the first edition to be published during World War II. Over 30-plus Stars and Stripes editions would eventually follow, as “Stripers” reported on the Allied forces over the next three years of war and new editions were created as the fronts advanced across the European and Pacific Theaters of War.
Read more about the history of Stars and Stripes here [https://ww2.stripes.com/about-us#history/]
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