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Archive photo of the day

From the Stars and Stripes archives: After a flight in a Prowler, Lt. Silas “Shibaz” Bouyer, right, 26, a naval flight officer from Detroit, smiles while chatting with a flight deck sailor on the USS Kitty Hawk, Mar. 22, 2003.

Carrying the load, 1968

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A local Vietnamese woman makes her way down a dirt path in Que Son Valley.

Class of 1949

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Dorothy Patterson sings a solo during the graduation ceremony which awarded her and 32 of her fellow seniors from Frankfurt Dependents High School — and one from Berlin High School — their graduation diplomas in Frankfurt, Germany, June 8, 1949.



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Scanning for the enemy, 2003

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Sgt. S. K. Lee, a Korean augmentee assigned to B Company, 2/72 Armor, scans for enemy scouts during battle training in the STRIKE ARTEP exercise this in South Korea, Oct. 6, 2003.

Protest for peace, 2016

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Draped in rainbow peace flags and huddling under umbrellas, thousands of protesters converged in the rain outside Ramstein Air Base in Germany to demand the facility end its alleged support of U.S. drone operations, June 11, 2016.

Ordnance, 2003

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Aviation ordnancemen load a precision-guided bomb on an F/A-18 Hornet on the USS Kitty Hawk, Mar. 20, 2003.

Rock am Ring, 2003

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Germany’s massive annual rock festival Rock am Ring in Nurburgring, June 3, 2003.

Cambodia out in the haze, 1968

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A lone soldier looks out through the haze into Cambodia, on a rare quiet morning in South Vietnam, Mar. 11, 1968.

A+ end of year smiles, 1964

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Third-graders peek at their report cards on the last day of school at the Mannheim Elementary School, their faces betraying they passed the year with flying colors, in Mannheim, Germany, June 8, 1964.

Mixing cement, 2005

From the Stars and Stripes archives: An Iraqi laborer mixes cement while working on what will become an Iraqi Special Forces barracks near Baghdad, July 11, 2005.

On a mission, 1968

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Soldiers move through a village north of Chu Lai in Vietnam, 1968.

Going about his business, 1969

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Infantry troops taking part in the Carbide Ice exercise roll through the village of Koenigstein in the Vilseck-Grafenwoehr area in Germany, Feb. 3, 1969.

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