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Photo of the day
From the Stripes archives
August 16, 2005

Fess Parker
Howard Lavick �Stars and Stripes

Da Nang, South Vietnam, December 12, 1970: Actor Fess Parker, left � TV's "Davy Crockett" � and World Airways Vice President Gene Holleman unload Christmas turkeys for the troops. A few days later, the plane that brought the turkeys and Christmas trees destined for five areas of the war zone returned stateside carrying 183 servicemembers on holiday leave.
 
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Past photos of the day

August, 2005
August 15, 2005: Aerial view of the Special Forces camp at Plei Me, South Vietnam, 1965
August 14, 2005: United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie, 1948
August 13, 2005: Sportscaster Lindsey Nelson at a Super Bowl party in Stuttgart, 1980
August 12, 2005: Country music great Loretta Lynn visits the troops in Germany, 1983
August 11, 2005: Street typists in Adana, Turkey, 1979
August 10, 2005: Muhammad Ali at a press conference in New York, 1976
August 9, 2005: ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings talks with soldiers in Germany, 1989
August 8, 2005: Marines playing football in the Saudi Arabian desert, 1990
August 7, 2005: The Beatles pose for photographers in Tokyo, 1966
August 6, 2005: Actor Stewart Granger does some shopping at the airport, 1955
August 5, 2005: Football great Benny Friedman conducts a clinic in Germany, 1951
August 4, 2005: U.S. High Commissioner for Germany James B. Conant, 1953
August 3, 2005: Glenn Close as a 19-year-old Up with People cast member, 1966
August 2, 2005: Human-sexuality researcher Dr. Alfred Kinsey in Germany, 1955
August 1, 2005: Americal Division base camp in South Vietnam gets supplies, 1968

July, 2005
July 31, 2005: Gen. and Mrs. Curtis LeMay arrive in Belgium, 1958
July 30, 2005: Guards around Presidfent Reagan's limousine in Bonn, 1982
July 29, 2005: War hero Audie Murphy makes a movie in Germany, 1960
July 28, 2005: Author Thornton Wilder arrives in Frankfurt, 1957
July 27, 2005: Robert Kennedy meets with Indonesian President Sukarno, 1964
July 26, 2005: Memorial service for slain Israeli athletes at the Olympics, 1972
July 25, 2005: Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney in Germany, 1989
July 24, 2005: Illumination rounds fill the sky at Landing Zone Ross in Vietnam, 1968
July 23, 2005: Celebrating the Bicentennial at Yongsan Garrison, 1976
July 22, 2005: Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin onstage in France, 1953
July 21, 2005: Rock and roll legend Bill Haley in Frankfurt, 1965
July 20, 2005: Gen. William Westmoreland at a press conference in Saigon, 1968
July 19, 2005: Chuck Yeager with grandchildren at Kaiserslautern graduation, 1988
July 18, 2005: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower visits U.S. troops in Munich, 1951
July 17, 2005: Archbishop Makarios arrives in Athens, 1957
July 16, 2005: Egg truck overturns on the autobahn, 1954
July 15, 2005: Harry Belafonte performs in Frankfurt, 1988
July 14, 2005: U.S. soldiers raid enemy camp during Operation Junction City, 1967
July 13, 2005: Explorer Thor Heyerdahl checks artifacts through customs, 1957
July 12, 2005: American students welcome President Kennedy to Vienna, 1961
July 11, 2005: Shrink-wrapped CH-47 helicopters readied for stateside shipment, 1988
July 10, 2005: Speakers' Corner at London's Hyde Park, 1964
July 9, 2005: Sen. Margaret Chase Smith arrives for a tour of USAFE bases, 1957
July 8, 2005: Escapees from East Germany meet Johnny Cash, 1972
July 7, 2005: Sightseeing American airmen line up near the Berlin Wall, 1961
July 6, 2005: Soldiers at a convalescent center in South Vietnam, 1969
July 5, 2005: Civil-rights leader Rev. Ralph Abernathy at Camp Zama, 1982
July 4, 2005: The Andrews Sisters, 1961
July 3, 2005: Aerial view of Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe's farewell ceremony, 1956
July 2, 2005: Singer Luther Vandross onstage, 1993
July 1, 2005: Comedian Redd Foxx in Germany, 1976

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