From the Archives: 12 Top Nazis to Die; 3 Freed

Seven get prison terms; Von Papen is spared. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes European edition, Oct. 2, 1946. It is republished unedited in its original form.

Gas street light in Germany, 1961

Munich, Germany, July 1961: Munich city lantern ward Wilhelm Schuepfer lights a gas street light.

Tourist at the Berlin Wall, 1990

Berlin, August 13, 1990: A souvenir-seeking tourist attempts to pull an iron rod loose from the dwindling remnants of the Berlin Wall. In the background at left is the Reichstag, the soon-to-be legislative center of a reunited Germany.

Soldiers rest before a flight at Ramstein Air Base, 2016

Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jun. 7, 2016: Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, 503rd Infantry Regiment rest before a C-130 flight at Ramstein Air Base.

Masamitsu Yoshioka, last of Japan’s Pearl Harbor attack force, dies at 106

Masamitsu Yoshioka, who was widely acknowledged as the last remaining witness to the Pearl Harbor attack from the side of the Imperial Japanese forces, died last month at the age of 106. As a bombardier, he launched a torpedo during the attack that hit the battleship USS Utah where 58 men lost their lives. “I think of the people who died because of me,” he said.

Kids zoom down slide in England, 2008

Fulbourn, England, Sep. 12, 2008: Chloe and Sonny, both 3, zoom down the slide at Cheeky Monkeys in Fulbourn.

From the Archives: Hazy shade of success

Two ID troops complete annual training event. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Mar. 7, 2002. It is republished unedited in its original form.

Soldier on a boat in South Korea, 2002

Imjin river valley, South Korea, Mar. 2, 2002: Army Pvt. Jason Rivas, a bridge crewmember on a bridge-erection boat, keeps in position the bays, which form the bridge, at the Army Training Evaluation Program in South Korea.

Airman on an F-15 C at RAF Lakenheath, 2009

RAF Lakenheath, England, Mar. 6, 2009: Senior Airman Cory Smith, with the 493rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit at RAF Lakenheath, puts the final touches on an F-15 C Friday before the jet departed for Gran Canaria.