Archive photo of the day
Archive photo of the dayBringing jazz to the troops, 1961
Stars and Stripes
January 24, 2022
(Tony Evanoski/Stars and Stripes)
Frankfurt, West Germany, October 1961: Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, considered by many to be the greatest of all jazz musicians, poses during a stopover at Frankfurt on his way to perform for troops in the recently-walled city of Berlin.