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Photo of the day
From the Stripes archives
May 8, 2006

Rhine bridge
Leigh Wiener �Stars and Stripes

Germany, April 11, 1954: Soldiers from the 109th Engineer Battalion raise guy wires for a 60-ton bridge being built across the Rhine River during an exercise.
 
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Past photos of the day

May, 2006
May 7, 2006: Ostrich at the Frankfurt Zoo, 1989
May 6, 2006: Indonesian President Suharto with Japan's Emperor Hirohito, 1968
May 5, 2006: Madonna onstage in Germany, 1990
May 4, 2006: Louis Rukeyser's Stars and Stripes going-away party, 1956
May 3, 2006: Harry S Truman Memorial at the DMZ in Korea, 1982
May 2, 2006: Rowboats on the Nishiki River in Japan, 1976
May 1, 2006: Muhammad Ali visits the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea, 1976

April, 2006
April 30, 2006: 10th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, 1954
April 29, 2006: John o' Groats, at the northern end of Scotland, 1989
April 28, 2006: Michael Caine, during filming of Funeral in Berlin, 1966
April 27, 2006: Landing operations on the USS Kitty Hawk in the Indian Ocean, 1981
April 26, 2006: Erosion-battling tetrapods on the beach at Rota, Spain, 1957
April 25, 2006: Looking out for snipers while on patrol in South Vietnam, 1968
April 24, 2006: Soldier is assisted after his release from a North Vietnamese prison, 1973
April 23, 2006: Kennedy Space Center Director Dr. Kurt Debus, 1970
April 22, 2006: Tourist in front of Sir Winston Churchill's statue in London, 1989
April 21, 2006: USS Midway in drydock at Yokosuka Naval Base, 1980
April 20, 2006: Da Nang, South Vietnam, railroad station, 1971
April 19, 2006: Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and beauty pageant contestants, 1969
April 18, 2006: Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, dressed for the Middle Ages, 1988
April 17, 2006: Search and rescue boat looms over diver at MCAS Iwakuni, 1974
April 16, 2006: Distance runner Steve Prefontaine at the Munich Olympics, 1972
April 15, 2006: Budding basketball star takes a shot, 1996
April 14, 2006: Gordon Lightfoot onstage at Offenbach, Germany, 1976
April 13, 2006: Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney at Misawa Air Base, 1990
April 12, 2006: Parachutists at the Grafenw�hr training area, 1987
April 11, 2006: The rock group Boston begins a tour of Japan, 1979
April 10, 2006: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower visits Operation Jupiter, 1951
April 9, 2006: Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, 1985
April 8, 2006: Helicopter lands on the USS Midway, 1974
April 7, 2006: Sugar Ray Robinson fights in Germany, 1950
April 6, 2006: The Monkees in Tokyo, 1968
April 5, 2006: Zsa Zsa Gabor and Porfirio Rubirosa, 1954
April 4, 2006: U.S. military vehicles in the Saudi Arabian desert, 1990
April 3, 2006: John Wayne filming a movie on the Japanese coast, 1957
April 2, 2006: Sen. Strom Thurmond runs with the troops at Fulda, 1981
April 1, 2006: Olympic weightlifting medalists, 1964

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