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Mojo and Mad Dog’s legendary return

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Sgt. Christopher Merkle (left) and Sgt. Jose Rodriguez ducked doctors, hitched rides, begged for gear and even thought about stealing a humvee to return from a shock trauma center in Iraq to their their unit after sustaining injuries in a truck accident.



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Serious side eye from Ms. Kitt, 1958

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A makeup artist preps singer and actress Eartha Kitt backstage at the London Palladium on Nov. 13, 1958, for her appearance on Britain’s “Sunday Night at the Palladium” show.

Charmed, 1957

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Cheryl Greenwood, one of the teenagers learning hair dressing at the Teen Haven Charm School conducted for youngsters at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa in October 1957.

A divine moment, 2019

From the Stars and Stripes archives: a visitor moves through a garden of 540 stone statues of Buddha’s disciples at the Kitain temple in Kawagoe, Japan, May 18, 2019.

Unhappy Easter, 1949

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Two children look unhappy to put all their eggs in one shared box during the annual Easter Egg hunt in Frankfurt, Germany, Apr. 17, 1949.

Learning an ancient craft, 1959

From the Stars and Stripes archives: sanding wood and applying a special plaster, these orphans are learning lacquerware manufacture, a centuries-old profession, in Seoul, South Korea, January 1959.

Swan Lake, 2001

From the Stars and Stripes archives: fading winter sunlight silhouettes Siberian swans at a small lake in the community of Shimoda, six miles south of Misawa Air Base, Japan, on Jan. 8, 2001.

Heard it on the radio, 1964

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Koyu Nakamura, AFRTS engineer, works in the master control room at the Rycom Plaza Studios on Okinawa in July 1964.

Looking from up high, 2002

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Readers using the Aomori Public Library on the eighth floor of Ausa enjoy an expansive cityscape view, in Aomori, Japan, March 2002.

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