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From the Stars and Stripes archives: About half of the total of 72 airmen mug and smile for the photographer after they boarded their flight back to the U.S. for redeployment, in Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, Aug. 11, 1949.

Beast of burden, 2005

From the Stars and Stripes archives: An Abrams tank from Apache Troop, First Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment takes position during a cordon and search operation Dec. 2, 2005 in the town of Bi’aj in northwestern Iraq.



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Slow recovery, 2010

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Nic Mohammad, 8, recuperates at NATO’s Role 3 Hospital at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan on Sept. 27, 2010, after being injured by a bomb blast.

Da Nang river scenes, 1968

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Stars and Stripes photographer Kim Ki Sam decided to use some color film and shoot some scenes in and around Da Nang, including several river scenes as this one.

Giving, 2004

From the Stars and Stripes archives: An Iraqi boy gives freshly baked flatbread to Spc. Acisclo Melendez of Company A, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, Hora Al Bosh, Iraq, Dec. 30, 2004.

Short pause, 2003

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A flight deck worker rests on the nose of a fighter jet in between takeoffs Thursday, Mar.ch 20, 2003 on the USS Kitty Hawk.

Fleeing the fighting, 2003

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Iraqi civilians flee during a firefight between American and Iraqi forces at a bridge near As Samawah, Iraq, March 24, 2003.

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