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From the Stars and Stripes archives: As if they were entering a liberated city, a Marine Light Armored Vehicle crew rolls into Gnjilane in eastern Kosovo to enthusiastic ethnic Albanians eager to see their arrival, June 15, 1999.

Keeping cool by the pool, 1961

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Jayne Mansfield has the right idea about keeping cool in the summer heat as she poses for the gathered press photographers by a pool in Frankfurt, Germany, June 22, 1961.



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Feels like summer, 1984

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Makiko (left) and Kuniko Clark play in the pool of the New Sanno Hotel in Tokyo, Japan as other guests sunbathe on the stretchers surrounding the pool, Sept. 9, 1984.

Sweetening up military life, 2015

From the Stars and Stripes archives: First lady Michelle Obama serves ice cream to children of service members during an event in support of military families, offering up some caramel sauce as a topping, Vicenza, Italy, June 19, 2015.

Liftoff, 2000

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter lifts out a KFOR Explosive Ordanceman in an air medevac extraction training at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Oct. 30, 2000.

Acid drop at the skatepark, 2000

From the Stars and Stripes archives: a student at Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station in Japan flies high in the air after jumping off a ramp — performing what skaters call an acid drop — at the base’s skateboard park, Dec. 12, 2000.

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