Archive photo of the day
ARCHIVE PHOTO OF THE DAYSearchlight platoon, 1957
Stars and Stripes
November 3, 2016
Hal Slate ©Stars and StripesSouth Korea, 1957: A searchlight mounted on a 2½-ton truck is tested near Camp Casey, South Korea. The 60-inch lights, maintained by the 7th FA Searchlight Platoon in support of the 7th Infantry DivArt, could burn steadily for an hour and 45 minutes and throw a beam 20,000 yards.
RELATED MATERIAL: Stars and Stripes' 1957 story about the searchlight platoon.