By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 14, 2012
Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes
Norway, September 1954: Three members of the Norwegian Army's Horseback Company 2, taking part in NATO's Polar Mist exercise far above the Arctic Circle, utilize a type of oat-fueled transportation designed to reach difficult mountain positions.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 13, 2012
Maria Kiehl ©Stars and Stripes
Frankfurt, Germany, June, 1954: Employees in a Frankfurt office building enjoy a cooling dip in the city's first rooftop swimming pool, six stories above the street.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 12, 2012
Gerard Forken ©Stars and Stripes
South Vietnam, November 17, 1967: A heavily-loaded bus provides a test for a bridge being built by U.S. Navy Seabees on Route 1 between Phu Loc and Lang Co in South Vietnam's coastal lowlands. The previous bridge had been destroyed by Viet Cong shelling, and attacks continued during the construction effort.
RELATED MATERIAL:
Stars and Stripes' 1967 story about the Seabees at work.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 11, 2012
Chet King ©Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, March, 1979: Players from the the Gakushuin University football team line up to greet a one-time University of Michigan center, former President Gerald R. Ford, as he arrives at the school to receive an honorary degree and a medal.
RELATED MATERIAL:
Stars and Stripes' 1979 story about former President Ford's visit to Tokyo.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 10, 2012
Gus Schuettler ©Stars and Stripes
Germany, October, 1990: Almost a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, tall grass and rusty barbed wire frame a deserted watch tower at the former East-West border near Bad Hersfeld.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 9, 2012
Jack Baird ©Stars and Stripes
Da Nang, South Vietnam, April, 1966: Sgt. Henry D. Halloway, right, explains the workings of a Viet Cong-style spiked deadfall trap to Pfc. James M. Gatto during a class at the Marine Corps Demolition and Mine Warfare School at Da Nang.
RELATED MATERIAL:
Stars and Stripes' story about the warfare school and the booby traps used by the VC.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 8, 2012
©Stars and Stripes
Anzio, Italy, January, 1945: A woman hunts for firewood in the rubble heaps of Anzio, one year after the January 22, 1944 allied landing known as Operation Shingle. During the Anzio campaign, 2,800 American servicemembers were killed, 11,000 wounded and 2,400 captured.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 7, 2012
©Stars and Stripes
Frankfurt, West Germany, December, 1951: Sheet music in Frank Sinatra's luggage gets the once-over from a customs inspector as the singer and his wife, Ava Gardner, arrive at the Rhein-Main airport. The newlyweds were part of a group that was to play three shows at U.S. bases in Wiesbaden, then move on — without Sinatra and Gardner — to Furstenfeldbruck Air Base, Erding Air Depot, Neubiberg Air Base and Rhein-Main. Others on the tour included Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Rhonda Fleming.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 6, 2012
Dan Warfield ©Stars and Stripes
Saarbrücken, Germany, September, 1978: Frank Zappa entertains the crowd during his 1978 European tour. In an interview, the future Rock and Roll Hall of Famer complained of "corporations that make the difference in terms of distribution and financing for new artistic events, where these decisions are being made by committees of accountants." He also offered the opinion that "the committee is going to be one of the great retarding factors in the advancement of civilization."
RELATED MATERIAL:
Stars and Stripes' September, 1978 Q&A with Frank Zappa.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 5, 2012
Wallace Beene ©Stars and Stripes
Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, February, 1966: Two airmen fuel an F-4C Phantom jet at the Cam Ranh Bay airstrip. To solve the problem of how to get fuel to the planes during construction at the base, a six-inch pipeline was built from a tanker anchored in the bay to the airstrip. The pipeline reportedly could move 30,000 gallons per hour.
RELATED MATERIAL:
Stars and Stripes' 1966 story about the fuel pipeline.
