Saudi Arabia, Jan. 18, 1991: Weapons specialists from the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) show their support for pilots taking off on missions against Iraqi forces on the second day of the Gulf War’s air campaign.

A May 2023 ceremony in which Norway’s Ambassador Victor Conrad Rønneberg attended in Lety, Czech Republic, honors the memory of Roma Holocaust victims and survivors.

A memorial opens on the site of a Nazi concentration camp for Roma after a pig farm was removed

A new memorial has opened in the Czech Republic on the site of a former Nazi concentration camp for Roma, capping a process that took decades and was made possible after a Czech government agreed to remove a communist-era pig farm from the site

Four Aboriginal spears, brought to England by Captain James Cook more than 250 years ago, have now been repatriated to Australia in a ceremony at Trinity College in Cambridge, on Tuesday April 23, 2024.

Aboriginal spears taken by Captain Cook in 1770 are returned to Australia’s Indigenous people

Four Aboriginal spears that were taken to England by Captain James Cook more than 250 years ago were returned Tuesday to Australia’s Indigenous community at a ceremony in Cambridge University.

Cervia Air Base, Italy, Mar. 27, 1999: The tranquility of this twilight scene at Cervia AB, Italy, is misleading. The F-15C Eagle from the 48th Expeditionary Operations Group is preparing to leave for combat above Yugoslavia. NATO ramped up their air campaign at the end of the month.

From the archives, 1999 | Covering the war: Reporters share their experiences from the Balkans

Stars and Stripes reporters and photographers filed news stories from Albania and Macedonia over six weeks in 1999 as the NATO air campaign intensified and refugees flowed out of Kosovo.

Blace, Macedonia, Apr. 1, 1999: Thousands of refugees - forced onto trains in Pristinia, provincial capital of Kosovo - have been dropped off at the Macedonian border in recent days. The Macedonian government estimates that at least 40,000 refugees have entered the country since airstrikes began over Yugoslavia.

Stars and Stripes reporters and photographers filed news stories from both Macedonia as well as Albania as NATO intensified its air campaign in late March through April 1999 and the flood of refugees out of Kosovo, looking for safety and security in Macedonia. Following the journalistic priciple not to be part of the story, they filed stories about the lives of refugees and airmen, soldiers and sailors. But covering a war begets plenty of stories. Check out some of the reporters' and photographers' stories here.

META TAGS: combat reporting; war correspondent; combat camera; conflict journalism; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Kosovo; Albania; Macedonia

War refugees in Macedonia, 1999

Blace, Macedonia, April 1, 1999: Refugees forced onto trains in Pristinia, provincial capital of Kosovo, gather at the Macedonian border after being dropped off.

This 1777 sketch by Pierre Eugene du Simitiere, showing Continental Army soldiers and female companions, was recently discovered and will go on display at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.

Sketch in New York apartment turns out to be rare Revolutionary War drawing

The 1777 depiction of Continental Army soldiers and their female companions is set to go on display at Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution.

FILE - British mountaineers George Mallory is seen with Andrew Irvine at the base camp in Nepal, both members of the Mount Everest expeditions 1922 and 1924, as they get ready to climb the peak of Mount Everest June 1924. It is the last image of the men before they disappeared in the mountain. George Mallory’s final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago tried to ease her worries though he said his chances of reaching the world’s highest peak were “50 to 1 against us.” (AP Photo, File)

George Mallory’s last letter from Everest said odds of reaching top were ‘50 to 1 against us’

In his final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago, George Mallory tried to ease her worries even as he said his chances of reaching the world’s highest peak were “50 to 1 against us.”

The remains of 2nd Lt. John E. McLauchlen Jr. of Detroit were identified in January and will be buried this summer at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.

Remains of WWII pilot from Michigan identified 8 decades after fatal bombing mission

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Monday the remains of 2nd Lt. John E. McLauchlen Jr. of Detroit were identified in January and will be buried this summer at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.

USS Theodore Roosevelt command change, 2005

USS Theodore Roosevelt, Bahrain, July 21, 2005: Capt. Daniel C. Grieco, outgoing commanding officer for USS Theodore Roosevelt, makes remarks during a change of command ceremony.

From left, U.S. Army Pfc. Lawrence H. Williams, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Harold A. Schafer and Seaman 1st Class James W. Holzhauer. (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency)

Remains of WWII, Korean War troops identified; they will be buried with full military honors

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting agency announced last week that the remains of six service members from World War II and the Korean War had been accounted for.

Osprey takeoff, 2017

Off the coast of Australia, July 20, 2017: An MV-22B Osprey takes off from the USS Bonhomme Richard near the eastern coast of Queensland.

Chow line in West Germany, 1962

Near Mannheim, West Germany, March 1962: In a scene familiar to soldiers and veterans everywhere, members of the 2nd Battle Group, 47th Infantry, line up for chow after completing the first leg of a motor march from Augsburg to Berlin.

Soldier killed with entire bomber crew in WWII identified, will be buried in June

The remains of a World War II soldier from Waterbury who was killed along with his entire bomber crew in 1944 have been identified and will be buried with full military honors in Middletown, a U.S. Department of Defense agency announced this week.

FILE - This April 19, 1995 file photo shows the north side of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, after it was destroyed by a domestic terrorist's bomb killing 168 people. (AP Photo/File)

Oklahoma City bombing still ‘heavy in our hearts’ on 29th anniversary

Federal officials are resolved never to allow a terrorist attack like the Oklahoma City bombing happen again, Deputy Homeland Security Adviser Caitlin Durkovich told survivors and loved ones of the 168 people killed in the April 19, 1995, bombing Friday.

Army Pfc. Harry Jerele of Berkeley, Ill., was a member of the U.S. Army’s 192nd Tank Battalion when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands.

Remains of an Illinois soldier who died during WWII at a Japanese POW camp identified, military says

The remains of Army Pfc. Harry Jerele of Berkeley, Ill., were identified in December, about 81 years after he died of pneumonia at the Cabanatuan POW camp, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday.

Briefing on Operation Killing Zone in South Korea, 1959

Fifty miles north of Seoul, South Korea, October 1959: Republic of Korea House Speaker Ki Poong Lee is briefed by Lt. Gen. Jae Hung Yu, First Republic of Korea Army commander on Operation Killing Zone.

A Berlin Airlift relic lies in pieces in North Carolina, but a revival is planned

A C-54 dubbed Spirit of Freedom, which played a supporting role in the Berlin Airlift, was damaged by a tornado in April 2020. The damaged aircraft will now become a showpiece in Aviator Brewing Company’s new brewery under construction in North Carolina.

Target practice on USS Bataan, 2001

Somewhere in the Arabian Sea, Nov. 30, 2001: Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) fire their weapons off the end of the USS Bataan.

Intimate artifact from USS Amesbury sunk off Key West found stashed in piece of furniture

A log that details the USS Amesbury’s travels was found in Massachusetts, stuck in a piece of furniture.