Archive photo of the day

Sarah Vaughan in Germany, 1954

Kaiserslautern, Germany, Oct. 12, 1954: Jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, accompanied by famed jazz drummer Roy Haynes onstage in Kaiserslautern.

RELATED From the archives, 1954: Real gone, Miss Vaughan

Off the east coast of South Korea, Mar. 3, 2008: Two jets fly past the U.S.S. Nimitz Monday afternoon as they prepare to circle and then land on the ship's flight deck.

Check out the 2008 story on USS Nimitz’s participation in the Key Resolve/Foal Eagle training exercises here.
https://www.stripes.com/history/archive_photo_of_the_day/2024-02-19/uss-nimitz-south-korea-2008-12982496.html

META TAGS: U.S. Navy; USS Nimitz; Key Resolve; Foal Eagle; training; exercise; Pacific

USS Nimitz off South Korea, 2008

Off the east coast of South Korea, March 3, 2008: Two jets fly past the USS Nimitz as they prepare to circle and then land on the ship’s flight deck.

Showing support in Saudi Arabia, 1991

Saudi Arabia, Jan. 18, 1991: Weapons specialists from the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) show their support for pilots taking off on missions against Iraqi forces on the second day of the Gulf War’s air campaign.

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Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 20, 1980: Derek Dixon, 9 (left) and J.T. Williams III pose on the playground at Frankfurt Elementary School. J.T., son of Spec. 4 William and Karen Carroll saved Derek's life by performing the Heimlich maneuver when he saw his friend choking at lunch. J.T., who is also 9-years-old, had seen how to perform the life-saving maneuver when their teacher Ms. Kathryn Willers' showed a movie on it to her fourth grade class at Frankfurt Elementery School No. 2. Derek is the son of Spec. 5 Anthony and Myrna Dixon.

Stars and Stripes celebrates the Month of the Military Child! Check out stories and drawings of dozens of "military brats" here.https://militarychild.stripes.com/

For J.T.'s and Derek's story - and more images of the duo, check here.

META TAGS: DODEA; DODDS; students; first aid; CPR; medical emergencies; Heimlich maneuver; military family;

A young hero, 1980

Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 20, 1980: Derek Dixon, 9 (left), and J.T. Williams III pose on the playground at Frankfurt Elementary School. J.T., son of Spc. 4 William and Karen Carroll, saved Derek’s life by performing the Heimlich maneuver.

Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 22, 1960: Standard of Athens leads Junior Olympic paraders at Tachi West Track Saturday. Behind These Athletes Are Competitors From Argos, Corinth, Thebes, Sparta, Other Ancient Cities.
Seven sixth grade classes from the Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, Dependent Elementary School got together at the Tachikawa West Track Saturday for their own version of the athletic classic. Boys and girls on the teams ran the gamut of competitive skills in the big global event, including shot-putting, broad jumping and relay races.
The 1960 Junior Olympics began when student Tom Mulky, acting as the Olympic flame runner, touched his torch to the fire pot that burned throughout the competition. The teams were named after the seven cities of ancient Greece – Corinth, Olympia, Argos, Thebes, Sparta, Marathon and Athens.

Pictured here is a scan of the original 1960 print created by Stars and Stripes Pacific's photo department to run in the print newspaper. The red marks indicate the crop lines. Only the middle part of the image would appear in the newspaper. As the vast majority of pre-1964 Stars and Stripes Pacific negatives and slides were unwittingly destroyed by poor temporary storage in 1963, the prints developed from the late 1940s through 1963 are often the only images left of Stripes' news photography from those decades. Stars and Stripes' archives team is scanning these prints to ensure their preservation.

Check out additional images of the 1960 Junior Olympics here.

META TAGS: Pacific; DoDEA; DODDS; school; education; dependents; children; civilians; prep track and field; prep athletics; sports; military family

Junior Olympics in Japan, 1960

Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 22, 1960: The standard of Athens leads Junior Olympic paraders at Tachi West Track.

Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 19, 2003: At Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, soldiers from the 1st Armored Division pull maintenance on part of the Firefinder radar system, which can pinpoint from where enemy mortar or artillery is being fired. Chief Warrant Officer Hipolito Medina, left, a radar section leader, and Spc. Nathaniel Rumph, a radar repairman, are both members of Battery D, 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment.

META TAGS: Operation Iraqi Freedom; Wars on Terror; U.S. Army;

Firefinder maintenance in Baghdad, 2003

Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 19, 2003: At Baghdad International Airport, soldiers from the 1st Armored Division pull maintenance on part of the Firefinder radar system, which can pinpoint from where enemy mortar or artillery is being fired.

Anthony Quinn in Malaga, Spain, 1965

Malaga, Spain, July 1965: Actor Anthony Quinn during a break in the filming of “The Centurions” (later released as “Lost Command”), in which Quinn stars as Pierre Raspeguy, a French paratrooper fighting in Indochina and Algeria in the 1950s.

121st Evacuation Hospital in South Korea, 1957

South Korea, August 1957: Spc. Paul W. Sebesky prepares a leg cast at the 121st Evacuation Hospital.

Kutno, Poland, July 23, 2003: Stars and Stripes waves over the stands during the final game of the Little League Baseball's Trans-Atlantic regional playoffs. It flies with glags from (left to right) of Saudi Arabia, Belgium, France and Russia. These countries had teams playing in the two regional finals.

META DATA: flag; baseball; sports; military life; leisure

Little League playoffs in Poland, 2003

Kutno, Poland, July 23, 2003: The Stars and Stripes waves over the stands during the final game of the Little League Baseball’s Trans-Atlantic regional playoffs.

Exercise Combine in West Germany, 1951

West Germany, October 1951: A farmer with an ox-drawn cart passes a jeep parked in the shade of a tree during Exercise Combine in the Rhine Valley.

Shel Silverstein in Tokyo, 1954

Tokyo, Japan, 1954: Artist Shel Silverstein checks a pre-press plate before it is printed, along with Pacific Stars and Stripes staff at the Hardy Barracks building.

Arab Jabour district, Iraq, Jul. 5, 2007: Pvt. Erik Stroehlein, 22, Bennington, Vt., holds a light for Capt. Eric Melloh, 30, of Huntsville, Texas, during the search of the home of a man suspected of helping insurgents direct mortar fire at Forward Operating Base Murray in Iraq’s Arab Jabour district southeast of Baghdad. Both men are from Company A, 1-30th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division based at FOB Murray.

See more photos and read the story here.
https://www.stripes.com/migration/stopping-insurgents-before-they-hit-baghdad-1.migrated

META TAGS: Operation Iraqi Freedom, War on Terror, U.S. Army, Company A, 1-30th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division

Search in Iraq, 2007

Arab Jabour district, Iraq, July 5, 2007: Pvt. Erik Stroehlein, 22, of Bennington, Vt., holds a light for Capt. Eric Melloh, 30, of Huntsville, Texas, during the search of the home of a man suspected of helping insurgents direct mortar fire at Forward Operating Base Murray southeast of Baghdad.