By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 20, 2012
Rob Jagodzinski ©Stars and Stripes
Saudi Arabia, November, 1990: A U.S. Marine taking part in a chemical decontamination exercise in the weeks before the Gulf War gets some relief from the heat of his protective gear in the Saudi Arabian desert.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 18, 2012
Dan Warfield ©Stars and Stripes
Offenbach, Germany, November, 1977: Bob Seger leads the Silver Bullet Band through a song at Offenbach, Germany. Seger's career took off with the release of "Night Moves" in 1976, and he was one of rock music's most successful performers in the late 1970s and 1980s. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 18, 2012
Dan Evans ©Stars and Stripes
Long Binh, Vietnam, June, 1971: Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, places sticks of incense on the graves of fallen South Vietnamese Army troops at the National Cemetery. Earlier, Abrams had participated in a ceremony honoring South Vietnam's Unknown Soldier.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 17, 2012
Merle Hunter ©Stars and Stripes
Madrid, Spain, March, 1961: Students at a Dominican theological seminary affiliated with the Church of St. Peter the Martyr play a game of table soccer during a break in their studies. Not only was the church — located near the U.S. Air Force's Royal Oaks housing area, just north of Madrid — one of Spain's most modern in the early 1960s, but the seminary also had its own FM radio station and a 150-seat theater.
RELATED MATERIAL:
Stars and Stripes' 1961 story about the Church of St. Peter the Martyr.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 16, 2012
Bob Wickley ©Stars and Stripes
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June, 1974: Petty Officer 2nd Class Ken Moore might appear to be a potential snack in the sights of a fearsome aquatic creature, but he's actually swimming in front of a search and rescue boat at the Iwakuni crash boat house. Moore, a qualified Navy diver, was assigned to the SAR boat team.
By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 15, 2012
George Penn ©Stars and Stripes
Frankfurt, Germany, February, 1954: Actor Errol Flynn, wearing an alpine hat and holding a large beer mug from a local brewery, is greeted at the Rhein-Main airport as he arrives for a March of Dimes benefit show.
RELATED MATERIAL:
Stars and Stripes' 1954 story about Errol Flynn in Frankfurt.
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.
