Archive photo of the day
From the archives: The welcoming committee in Germany, 2003
Stars and Stripes
January 9, 2026
(Raymond T. Conway/Stars and Stripes)
Hanau, Germany, Oct. 11, 2003: From left, Spc. Caroline Smith, Pfc. Melissa McDonald, and Pfc. Teresa Murphy peer out of a window, trying to get a glimpse of friends and family gathered to welcome the soldiers from the 565th Engineer Battalion home. The almost 200 soldiers received a rousing welcome after an eight-month deployment to Iraq and Kuwait.