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Archive photo of the day

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Engineers — taking part in Operation Somerset Plain, fix dynamite to blow up trees on top of a hill for landing zone, South Vietnam, Aug. 9, 1968.

Dynamic dundering, 2019

From the Stars and Stripes archives: The business end of an M777 Howitzer, aimed by soldiers with the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment, during Exercise Dynamic Front 2019 in Germany.

Don’t mind the artillery, 1999

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Romani women make their way past an artillery piece used as a checkpoint to this predominately Serb town on their way to an Italian medicial center, Gorazdevac, Kosovo, Aug. 12, 1999.



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Target data gathering, 1955

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Taro Leaf cannoneers of the 52nd Field Artillery Battalion team up to get a fire mission underway in South Korea, April 1955.

Running for a healthier you, 2018

From the Stars and Stripes archives: More than 300 soldiers and family members run during the Bavarian Health Initiative 5K in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Mar. 23, 2018.

Raining on the parade, 2005

From the Stars and Stripes archives: The rainy weather didn’t curb the crowds at Yokosuka’s Mikoshi Parade, but costumes were altered to repel the wet weather.

Early morning sun, 1999

From the Stars and Stripes archives: With a wisp of an early morning cloud, the campanile of Florence’s city hall looms between the walls of the Uffizi gallery, partially lit up by warm glow of the early morning sun.

Watch your step, 1962

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam walk across a canal on a bamboo footbridge in the Nhon Ninh area in Long An province, led by an unnamed U.S. military advisor, July 1962.

Like a machine gun in a hay stack, 1951

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A machine gunner has set up in a mount of hay during Exercise Jupiter, a three-day enactment of a counterassault in France in 1951.

Groundhog day, 1996

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A new sign post proclaims Lukavac base camp in Bosnia-Herzegovina as Camp Punxsutawney, a reference to the movie Groundhog Day because every day seemed the same, Feb. 2, 1996.

Muddy, but alive, 1968

From the Stars and Stripes archives: An unidentified mud-covered cavalryman tries to clean his M16 during a sweep operation through Que Son Valley, South Vietnam, Jan. 20, 1968.

Truce Signed, 1953

From the Stars and Stripes archives: The front page of the Pacific Stars and Stripes edition for July 27, 1953, announcing the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement, ending three years of fighting of the Korean War. 

A look at Grafenwoehr, 1949

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Bakers at the Grafenwoehr Training Area’s bakery weigh and roll dough, creating perfectly uniform loaves, Grafenwoehr, Germany, April 9, 1949.

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