From the Stars and Stripes archives: Pakistani troops and UN observers at a check point along the ceasefire line in the Kashmir region between India and Pakistan, Apr. 9, 1958.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: a seventh grade student at Mercy Intermediate School in Okinawa, Japan, displays a letter from the White House, in January 1962.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Gen. Alexander M. Haig talks with one of the guests at a ceremony marking his return to active duty as commander-in-chief of the U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 1, 1974.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A reception is held for a group of visiting newspaper editors, all hailing from newspapers geared towards the Black community in the U.S., in Frankfurt, Germany, Mar. 22, 1948.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Two young Albanians from the town of Gnjilane, near Camp Monteith, Kosovo, play an impromptu soccer game in front of a local grocery store, Nov. 18, 2000.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.