Archive photo of the day
Archive photo of the dayMarines catching Z’s, 1956
Stars and Stripes
October 1, 2021
China Sea, April 1956: U.S. Marines in sleeping bags catch a night’s sleep on the crowded hangar deck of the USS Princeton on the way to Thailand for “Operation Firm Link,” an exercise designed to show how quickly and effectively members of the SEATO nations could act in time of emergency.