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.

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.

Derek Dixon, 9 (left) and J.T. Williams III on the playground. J.T., son of Spec. 4 William and Karen Carroll saved Derek's life by performing the Heimlich maneuver when he saw his friend choking at lunch.

From the archives, 1980: Boy, 9, saves fellow student from choking

Derek Dixon, 9, son of Spec. 5 Anthony and Myrna Dixon, was eating his lunch and talking when a piece of chicken got lodged in his throat. Fellow student J.T. Williams III used the Heimlich maneuver to save Dixon’s life.

Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 20, 1980: Derek Dixon, 9 (left) and J.T. Williams III pose on the playground at Frankfurt Elementary School. J.T., son of Spec. 4 William and Karen Carroll saved Derek's life by performing the Heimlich maneuver when he saw his friend choking at lunch. J.T., who is also 9-years-old, had seen how to perform the life-saving maneuver when their teacher Ms. Kathryn Willers' showed a movie on it to her fourth grade class at Frankfurt Elementery School No. 2. Derek is the son of Spec. 5 Anthony and Myrna Dixon.

Stars and Stripes celebrates the Month of the Military Child! Check out stories and drawings of dozens of "military brats" here.https://militarychild.stripes.com/

For J.T.'s and Derek's story - and more images of the duo, check here.

META TAGS: DODEA; DODDS; students; first aid; CPR; medical emergencies; Heimlich maneuver; military family;

A young hero, 1980

Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 20, 1980: Derek Dixon, 9 (left), and J.T. Williams III pose on the playground at Frankfurt Elementary School. J.T., son of Spc. 4 William and Karen Carroll, saved Derek’s life by performing the Heimlich maneuver.

A vehicle destroyed by a Hezbollah missile in Kibbutz Menara. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Amnon Gutman

Iran and Israel’s shadow war has lasted years: Key moments before the attack

Iran launched its first-ever direct attack at Israel with more than 300 missiles and drones. Here are some key events that led to the Iran attack on Israel.

Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 22, 1960: Standard of Athens leads Junior Olympic paraders at Tachi West Track Saturday. Behind These Athletes Are Competitors From Argos, Corinth, Thebes, Sparta, Other Ancient Cities.
Seven sixth grade classes from the Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, Dependent Elementary School got together at the Tachikawa West Track Saturday for their own version of the athletic classic. Boys and girls on the teams ran the gamut of competitive skills in the big global event, including shot-putting, broad jumping and relay races.
The 1960 Junior Olympics began when student Tom Mulky, acting as the Olympic flame runner, touched his torch to the fire pot that burned throughout the competition. The teams were named after the seven cities of ancient Greece – Corinth, Olympia, Argos, Thebes, Sparta, Marathon and Athens.

Pictured here is a scan of the original 1960 print created by Stars and Stripes Pacific's photo department to run in the print newspaper. The red marks indicate the crop lines. Only the middle part of the image would appear in the newspaper. As the vast majority of pre-1964 Stars and Stripes Pacific negatives and slides were unwittingly destroyed by poor temporary storage in 1963, the prints developed from the late 1940s through 1963 are often the only images left of Stripes' news photography from those decades. Stars and Stripes' archives team is scanning these prints to ensure their preservation.

Check out additional images of the 1960 Junior Olympics here.

META TAGS: Pacific; DoDEA; DODDS; school; education; dependents; children; civilians; prep track and field; prep athletics; sports; military family

From the archives, 1960: Young athletes compete in Junior Olympics at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan

Seven sixth grade classes from the Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, Dependent Elementary School got together at the Tachikawa West Track Saturday, Oct. 22, 1960, for the Junior Olympics, their own version of the athletic classic.

Junior Olympics in Japan, 1960

Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 22, 1960: The standard of Athens leads Junior Olympic paraders at Tachi West Track.

Annotations written by William T. Sherman can be seen in the margins of a copy of Ulysses S. Grant's memoir. The book is among the Sherman-related artifacts that will be auctioned in Columbus on May 14, 2024.

Civil War Gen. William T. Sherman’s military sword, family Bible, personal items to go to auction

Civil War Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s personal sword and military trunk, his family Bible and other mementos will be auctioned off May 14 in Columbus, Ohio.

Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 19, 2003: At Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, soldiers from the 1st Armored Division pull maintenance on part of the Firefinder radar system, which can pinpoint from where enemy mortar or artillery is being fired. Chief Warrant Officer Hipolito Medina, left, a radar section leader, and Spc. Nathaniel Rumph, a radar repairman, are both members of Battery D, 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment.

META TAGS: Operation Iraqi Freedom; Wars on Terror; U.S. Army;

Firefinder maintenance in Baghdad, 2003

Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 19, 2003: At Baghdad International Airport, soldiers from the 1st Armored Division pull maintenance on part of the Firefinder radar system, which can pinpoint from where enemy mortar or artillery is being fired.

Kirtland AFB 58th Special Operations Wing Flight Line Mechanics post for a group photo with the UH-1N helicopter that crossed the 20,000 flight hours milestone on March 22, 2024. The UH-1N Hueys were initially designed to be 4,000 hour aircrafts but continue to serve the air crew and the mission due to their robust design and adaptations.

Kirtland AFB Huey: Old warrior won’t hear of retirement

Its arms aren’t tired. Kirtland Air Force Base is the home of a record-holding, long-flying aircraft. The UH-1N Huey reached the impressive milestone on March 18 — 20,000 flight hours.

Navy Fireman 1st Class Walter F. Schleiter, who died aboard the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor in 1941, receives a military burial on April 11, 2024, at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Cecil Township, Pa.

A long journey home for Pennsylvania WWII sailor, more than 82 years later

Dozens stood in the steady rain last week to pay final respects to a man they never knew. Navy Fireman 1st Class Walter F. Schleiter died aboard the USS Oklahoma in 1941 before many of them were even born. More than 82 years later, he made it home.

Anthony Quinn in Malaga, Spain, 1965

Malaga, Spain, July 1965: Actor Anthony Quinn during a break in the filming of “The Centurions” (later released as “Lost Command”), in which Quinn stars as Pierre Raspeguy, a French paratrooper fighting in Indochina and Algeria in the 1950s.

121st Evacuation Hospital in South Korea, 1957

South Korea, August 1957: Spc. Paul W. Sebesky prepares a leg cast at the 121st Evacuation Hospital.

A photograph published in The Times in 1925 shows Confederate veterans and others at Hollywood Forever Cemetery for the unveiling of a monument to fallen soldiers of the Confederacy.

Confederate sentiment in Southern California ran deeper than you might know

How did Southern California wind up so … Southern? Well, the Butterfield stagecoach routes ran from Texas through Arizona and New Mexico into Los Angeles, and people heading west brought enslaved Black men and women with them, to the gold fields and, after the gold played out, throughout the state.