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From the Stars and Stripes archives: The U.S. flag flies from the top of the radar tower atop Black Virgin Mountain (Nui Ba Den), a solitary block of granite that juts 3,200 feet in the air above Tay Ninh in South Vietnam, Oct. 16, 1969.

Not your average summer cruise, 2009

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A sailor from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 51 helps midshipmen Monica Cooney, right, and Christi Morrissey get into their flight gear before a training flight at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan on June 2, 2009.



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Delivering hope and sustenance, 2016

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Villagers work with Navy pilots and Marines to offload relief supplies from a Navy helicopter delivered to the village of Jabouin in southwest Haiti on Oct. 18, 2016.

Scanning for the enemy, 2003

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Sgt. S. K. Lee, a Korean augmentee assigned to B Company, 2/72 Armor, scans for enemy scouts during battle training in the STRIKE ARTEP exercise this in South Korea, Oct. 6, 2003.

Protest for peace, 2016

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Draped in rainbow peace flags and huddling under umbrellas, thousands of protesters converged in the rain outside Ramstein Air Base in Germany to demand the facility end its alleged support of U.S. drone operations, June 11, 2016.

Ordnance, 2003

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Aviation ordnancemen load a precision-guided bomb on an F/A-18 Hornet on the USS Kitty Hawk, Mar. 20, 2003.

Rock am Ring, 2003

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Germany’s massive annual rock festival Rock am Ring in Nurburgring, June 3, 2003.

Rocking at the race track

Some 42,600 people turned out from throughout Germany and surrounding countries — despite the threat of rain and the World Cup soccer championship on European television — for performances by headliners at Germany’s two-day Rock am Ring festival.

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