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From the Stripes archives
August 2, 2006

Palace guards
Red Grandy �Stars and Stripes

London, October 5, 1959: Before going on duty at St. James's Palace, soldiers of the Queen's Guard stand inspection by the adjutant, at center. The guards' lives had recently been made easier by the placement of barriers between them and the public. "It's about time," said one. "We've had enough of that lot. They'd stick pins in you, some of them." Other annoyances included cigarettes tossed into gun barrels and oranges stuck on bayonets.
 
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Past photos of the day

August, 2006
August 1, 2006: Dionne Warwick wins the grand prize at the Tokyo Music Festival, 1980

July, 2006
July 31, 2006: Reigning U.S. Open tennis champion Arthur Ashe in Tokyo, 1969
July 30, 2006: Funeral of Sveinn Bj�rnsson, Iceland's first president, 1952
July 29, 2006: Religious service in the field in Vietnam, 1971
July 28, 2006: Children hitch a ride through Tripoli, 1955
July 27, 2006: Worker at the Leitz optical factory, 1979
July 26, 2006: Tribute to a famous train engine, 1967
July 25, 2006: Revelers at the Pamplona festival in Spain, 1960
July 24, 2006: Frankfurt auto show, 1953
July 23, 2006: Disney movie star Dean Jones, 1972
July 22, 2006: Sen. Richard Russell visits with a military family in Germany, 1955
July 21, 2006: 13-year-old South Vietnamese soldier, 1968
July 20, 2006: Army captain Beau Billingslea, early in his acting career
July 19, 2006: Pfc. Eddie Fisher begins a singing tour of U.S. bases in Europe, 1952
July 18, 2006: World Bank President Robert S. McNamara in Tokyo, 1971
July 17, 2006: Tracy Austin warms up for her first professional tennis match, 1978
July 16, 2006: Delivering the nightly weather forecast in Vietnam, 1967
July 15, 2006: 510th Heavy Tank Battalion's mascot arrives in Germany, 1954
July 14, 2006: Red Adair caps a methane gas leak in Germany, 1980
July 13, 2006: Police subdue a student protester in Seoul, 1969
July 12, 2006: Newsmen get a look at the new "atomic cannon" in Germany, 1953
July 11, 2006: Korean boy covers his ears as tank fires during training exercise, 1960
July 10, 2006: East German border guards keep their eyes on the Americans, 1961
July 9, 2006: Enthusiastic young spectator at boxing match in Germany, 1952
July 8, 2006: Curious cat at Marken, Netherlands, 1988
July 7, 2006: "Woody Woodpecker" cartoonist Walter Lantz, 1979
July 6, 2006: Baroness von Richthofen, mother of the Red Baron, with actress Fern Andra, 1954
July 5, 2006: President and Mrs. Reagan with students from Aviano Middle School, 1987
July 4, 2006: Desert baseball in Saudi Arabia, 1991
July 3, 2006: Bing Crosby on the golf course in Frankfurt, 1953
July 2, 2006: Baseball stars Pete Rose and Sadaharu Oh, 1978
July 1, 2006: First day of school in Berlin, 1962

June, 2006
June 30, 2006: Phil Collins, onstage with Genesis at Hockenheim, Germany, 1992
June 29, 2006: Soldier catches up on the news amid the tension in Berlin, 1961
June 28, 2006: Mascot at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam, 1971
June 27, 2006: David Bowie performs his greatest hits at Frankfurt's Festhalle, 1990
June 26, 2006: Plane dropping leaflets on the Viet Cong, 1968
June 25, 2006: Joseph Cotten is welcomed to Germany by his Special Delivery co-stars, 1954
June 24, 2006: Windmills in the Netherlands, 1957
June 23, 2006: Top generals visit "Exercise Equinox" in Germany, 1952
June 22, 2006: Frank Sinatra arrives in Japan, 1974
June 21, 2006: Dan Rather, during President Nixon's trip to Berlin, 1969
June 20, 2006: Musician Curtis Mayfield is interviewed in Frankfurt, 1971
June 19, 2006: U.S. artillery supports a South Vietnamese assault, 1971
June 18, 2006: Helen Thomas and other reporters with President Nixon in Austria, 1972
June 17, 2006: Tourist at the Place de la Carriere in Nancy, France, 1958
June 16, 2006: Paul McCartney at Frankfurt's Festhalle, 1989
June 15, 2006: Helen Hayes brings her theater company to Europe, 1961
June 14, 2006: USS New Jersey fires on enemy targets in Vietnam, 1968
June 13, 2006: Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in Tokyo, 1955
June 12, 2006: Ex-Navy quarterback Roger Staubach in Vietnam, 1966
June 11, 2006: The World Fountain in Berlin, 1984
June 10, 2006: Aftermath of Viet Cong raid in South Vietnam, 1963
June 9, 2006: Emperor Hirohito greets king and queen of Malaysia, 1964
June 8, 2006: Soldiers cross a stream in Vietnam, 1967
June 7, 2006: North Korean general arrives for talks at the DMZ, 1980
June 6, 2006: D-Day anniversary ceremony at Pointe du Hoc, 1984
June 5, 2006: Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at a D-Day fifth anniversary ceremony, 1949
June 4, 2006: Former President Herbert Hoover and Lt. Gen. Lucius Clay, 1947
June 3, 2006: Apollo 11 astronauts in Germany, 1969
June 2, 2006: Ted Nugent onstage at Heidelberg, Germany, 1984
June 1, 2006: Graffiti on the Berlin Wall, 1987

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