A black-and-white image of Bing Crosby in a button-down sweater standing between two military service members in dress uniforms.

Bing Crosby at Frankfurt Golf Club, 1953

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Bing Crosby signs autographs for fans, including U.S. service members, who came to watch him play on the Frankfurt golf course in Germany on May 27, 1953.

Stone markers stand in rows with smaller rocks on top and the names of concentration camp victims inscribed on the sides.

Buchenwald, 2003

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Memory stones top slabs of rock with the names of concentration camp victims inscribed on them as part of the memorial to the Sinti and Roma at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany in 2003.

An Afghan man carries a bundle of brush on his back as he walks on a road past soldier in camouflage uniforms.

Afghan scene, 2012

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A man carries a bundle of brush past Afghan and coalition soldiers patrolling through the main bazaar in the Shegal district of Afghanistan on Feb. 22, 2012.

HED: Welcome Home, 2003 Wiesbaden, Germany, 14 May 14, 2003: Sgt. Kerry Boese and wife Sheila share a tender moment as son Samuel, 22 months, just seems happy to have dad home. Boese and other members of the 159th Medical Company, 421st Medical Evacuation Battalion returned to Wiesbaden, Germany from Operation Iraqi Freedom. META TAGS: Wars on Terror; Operation Iraqi Freedom; U.S. Army; military family

Welcome Home, 2003

Here is a photo from the Stars and Stripes archives of Sgt. Kerry Boese and wife Sheila sharing a tender moment as son Samuel, 22 months, just seems happy to have dad home in Germany on May 14, 2003.

HED: Teaching tactics, 1962 Trung Lap Ranger Unit Training Center, South Vietnam, February, 1962: U.S. Army advisers 1st Lt. Edmond Fricki (standing) and 1st Lt. Major Bell demonstrate hand-to-hand combat before a group of Republic of Vietnam Rangers. Republic of Vietnam troops receive training from instructors at the Trunglap Ranger Unit Training Center, some 30 miles north of Saigon. Some 11 Vietnamese instructors and 13 American advisers are providing special training in ranger fighting techniques to all men in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). The article accompanying this photo noted that the "graduates bring into the rough-and-tumble fight with Viet Cong communist guerrillas the necessary tough, flexible tactics needed to fight in rough terrain with unorthodox methods." Looking for Stars and Stripes’ coverage of the Vietnam War? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: Pacific; South Vietnam; Vietnam War; Vietnamese army rangers; training; Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN); Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG); Trunglap; Trung Lap

Teaching tactics, 1962

Here is a photo from the Stars and Stripes archives of U.S. Army advisers 1st Lt. Edmond Fricki (standing) and 1st Lt. Major Bell demonstrate hand-to-hand combat before a group of Republic of Vietnam Rangers in Trung Lap Ranger Unit Training Center, South Vietnam, February, 1962.

HED: Getting ready for boom, 2004 Fallujah, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2004: Members of the U.S. Army's Captured Enemy Ammunition Operations and contractors from EOD Technology Inc., based in Knoxville, Tenn. look over a pile of Iraqi artillery shells, bombs and missiles being set up for demolition. The Army hired four civilian contractors to collect, store and begin destroying about 600,000 tons of Iraqi ammunitions. The contract worth $300 million reduces enemy stockpiles and alleviates soldiers from hazardous demolition duty. META TAGS: Operation Iraqi Freedom; Captured Enemy Ammunition Operations; Task Force Bullet;

Getting ready for boom, 2004

Here is a photo from the Stars and Stripes archives of members of the U.S. Army’s Captured Enemy Ammunition Operations and contractors from EOD Technology Inc., based in Knoxville, Tenn., look over a pile of Iraqi artillery shells, bombs and missiles being set up for demolition in Fallujah, Iraq on Jan. 17, 2004.

HED: Rocky roads, 2004 Nangalem, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2004: An Afghan elder walks down an unpaved and rocky mountain road. In 2004, Stars and Stripes wrote "Afghan's legendarily inaccessible terrain has meant this country has remained unconquered for 5,000 years. Soldiers and civilians involved in rebuilding the nation say the U.S. led coalition and government must start major projects, such as roadbuilding, to ensure Afghanistan stability." The U.S. ended up spending some $141 billion on reconstruction in Afghanistan from 2002 - 2021 according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). META DATA: Operation Enduring Freedom; reconstruction; Afghanistan; Wars on Terror;

Rocky roads, 2004

Here is a photo from the Stars and Stripes archives of an elder walking down an unpaved and rocky mountain road in Nangalem, Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2004.

HED: U.S. Army nurses - and survivors of the Bataan Death March - at the march's survivors reunion, 1949 Darmstadt, Germany, April 8, 1949: Most likely three former Army nurses, Mrs. Eileen Francis, Mrs. Carmen Sewell, and 1st Lt. Eleanor M. Garen, all survivors of the Bataan Death March and imprisonment by the Japanese army during WWII. On the left is possibly Mrs. Eileen Francis' husband, Maj. Garnet P. Francis, also a survivor of the march. The march forced some 93,000 Filipino and 12,000 American prisoners of war to march through the Philippines a route of about 65 miles enduring tropical heat, humidity and rain, without adequate food or medical care. Those unable to make it through the march were beaten, killed and sometimes beheaded by their Japanese guards. Do you know any of the people in this photograph? Please get in touch with our archivist Catharine Giordano via email giordano.catharine@stripes.com as she is trying to correctly identify those in attendance at the second annual Bataan Death March reunion held April 8-9, 1949 in Darmstadt, Germany. The 1949 original negative suffers from a preservation issue called "silvering," where the silver particles rise to the top of the gelatin layer of the film. During a preservation survey of Stripes' photo collection in 2018, archives staff found the 4x5 negatives from the late 1940s and early 1950s to be suffering the most from this preservation issue. As the "silvering" will eventually cause the image captured on the negative to fade, the affected negatives were pulled and prioritized for scanning. Read the 1949 article by Brig. Gen. Clinton A. Pierce - veteran of Bataan and survivor of the Bataan Death March, as well as see additional photos of second annual reunion here. META DATA: Europe; World War II; WW2; Pacific; Bataan Death March; Battle of Bataan; Japanese Army; Philippines; prisoners of war; POW; U.S. Army; nurses

U.S. Army nurses — and survivors of the Bataan Death March — at the march’s survivors reunion, 1949

Here is a photo from the Stars and Stripes archives of three former Army nurses — who are all survivors of the Bataan Death March — at the march’s survivors reunion in Darmstadt, Germany on April 8, 1949.

Steeled for a blast, 2004 Albu Assi, Iraq, Feb. 1, 2004: Staff Sgt. Anna Berber-Giddings of the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion shows the Iraqi-made steel door meant to provide some blast protection to an unarmored Humvee. The Army is sending additional much-needed armored Humvees into Iraq in the coming months. META TAGS: Wars on Terror; armor shortage; U.S. Army; Operation Iraqi Freedom; logistics;

Steeled for a blast, 2004

Here is a photo from the Stars and Stripes archives of Staff Sgt. Anna Berber-Giddings of the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion showing the Iraqi-made steel door meant to provide some blast protection to an unarmored Humvee in Iraq on Feb. 1, 2004.

HED: Border life, 2004 Afghanistan - Pakistan border, October 2004: The Hindu Kush montains in northern Afghanistan and nothern Pakistan are barren and rocky, but between the peaks and ridges are lush valleys. People living in the valleys, such as the Swat Valley, still make everyday items such as spice boxes and ornate, if sometimes crude, furnishings. This girl helps out her family by running errands, carrying a pan of cheese, in her remote Afghan village just across the border from Pakistan. META TAGS: Afghanistan, Pakistan; Operation Enduring Freedom; Afghan; rural life;

Border life, 2004

Here is a photo from the Stars and Stripes archives of a young girl helping out her family by running errands, carrying a pan of cheese in her remote village just across the border from Pakistan in October 2004.