Archive photo of the day
ARCHIVE PHOTO OF THE DAYArmed Forces Day at Frankfurt, 1957
Stars and Stripes
May 13, 2018
Red Grandy ©Stars and StripesFrankfurt, West Germany, May, 1957: Curious German visitors line up for tours of a C-124 Globemaster heavy-lift cargo plane during an Armed Forces Day open house at Rhein-Main Air Base. Thousands of local residents attended festivities at bases across West Germany that included flyovers, fireworks and parades.
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