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The S.S. "Joseph V. Connolly" arrived in New York City on October 26, 1947. The caskets stored in its holds contained the remains of privates and three-star generals alike
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Diane and Arlen Chase have spent a good portion of their lives uncovering the once-great city of Caracol. Their groundbreaking research is rewriting everything we thought we knew about the Maya
A dedication ceremony for the Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial on the National Mall marked the formal opening of the landmark and its official induction into the National Park System.
Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, faces felony charges including destruction of property and injury to a monument.
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A new book details the Russian ruler's failed courtship of the Tudor queen, who famously remained unmarried during her nearly 45-year reign
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Some Americans lauded the 30-year-old bank robber as a Robin Hood-esque folk hero. Others castigated him as a violent criminal whose misdeeds were emblematic of the troubled era
A book more or less responsible for the revival of Flat Earth theories in the modern period.
Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, presents Jose Manzano-Somera, a former private in the Philippine Scouts of the U.S. Army, with a Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony in this 2019 Stars and Stripes photo.
Soldiers work crowd security for the Baghdad recruiting center for the New Iraqi Army in this 2003 Stars and Stripes photo.
The PAX convention was filled with card games at the center in Seattle, in this 2011 Stars and Stripes photo.
A Marine buys watermelon at Nawa’s main bazaar in Afghanistan in this 2011 Stars and Stripes.
A soldier uses his inflated Army Combat Uniform jacket to float through the pool at Camp Casey, South Korea, in this 2008 Stars and Stripes photo.
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Experts say that an oft-circulated anecdote about two royal astronomers drunkenly failing to foresee an eclipse thousands of years ago contains hints of truth
Stars and Stripes publisher Tom Kelsch talks with a member of Post 888, Jewish War Veterans, following the dedication of the Savanuck Library at Fort Meade, Md., in this 2003 Stars and Stripes photo.
Coast Guardsmen, survivors and families of those lost gathered at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown to honor the crew’s memory and reflect on the tragedy that unfolded 48 years ago.
Indian images that grapple with the unbearable fact that lover and beloved are not one.
Firefighters help members of a Girl Scouts troop out of the base’s fire safety trailer in this 2004 Stars and Stripes photo.
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A new book chronicles the exploits of Joseph Bell, an Edinburgh lecturer whose lessons sparked the creation of the world's most famous detective
The jet, nicknamed “The Overachiever” by the Air Force, was the only F-117A to fly in the four major conflicts in which Nighthawks flew combat missions.
Marine and Air Force officers direct the delivery of Stars and Stripes news by helicopter in Japan in this 1962 Stars and Stripes photo.
Seaman Lacy Helphenstine, right, watches as Petty Officer 3rd Class Fridalyn Ocampo takes the blood pressure of a young Pakistani girl in the triage tent of a field hospital in this 2005 Stars and Stripes photo.
Los Angeles Dodgers star third baseman Justin Turner shakes hands with 98-year-old Marine veteran Sam Folsom during a game against the San Francisco Giants in this 2018 Stars and Stripes photo.
In the late nineteenth century, visitors to Maine observed something strange: French-Canadian lumberjacks who, at the slightest stimulus, seemed to jump, strike out with their limbs, or mimic languages they could not speak. Ross Bullen introduces us to these so-called “Jumping Frenchmen” and to their greatest investigator, George M. Beard, who saw a link in their behavior between religious frenzy and neurasthenia.
Stephen Weiss, 94, helps lay a wreath at the Eternal Flame at the tomb of France’s unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe in this 2020 Stars and Stripes photo.
The 990-foot ship, which was never activated to live its secret life as a Cold War fast troop transport, will be sent to the bottom of the ocean floor off the coast of Florida as a diving tourist attraction.
Master Chief Petty Officer Patrick Ellis, U.S. Naval Forces Korea commander Rear Adm. Thomas Rowden and South Korean sailor Jung Min Woo cut the Navy birthday cake at the Hyatt Hotel in Seoul in this 2007 Stars and Stripes photo.
Col. Mark Stammer (right) talks about security for elections with Lt. Col. Ali Muhamad Kadhun al-Saadi, commander of the Iraqi army in the towns of Rawah and Anah in this 2010 Stars and Stripes photo.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, left, laughs as Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert takes a bite of birthday cake in this 2012 Stars and Stripes photo.
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Postcards that summon medieval grotesques and brightly coloured folk art, but also feel distinctly modern.
The crew of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer paid tribute to the 17 sailors lost in the attack during a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Va.