Historic Gallery | 80th Anniversary

From the Stars and Stripes archives: sanding wood and applying a special plaster, these orphans are learning lacquerware manufacture, a centuries-old profession, in Seoul, South Korea, January 1959.

Learning an ancient craft, 1959

A young girl learning hair dressing in a classroom

Charmed, 1957

Men read magazines

Bien Hoa Prisoner of War Camp, 1968

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Fort, 33, of Florissant, Mo., an Air Force patrol leader, treats a local child for cuts on her feet during a recent patrol outside Ali Base in Iraq, April 2006.

Washing of the feet, 2006

American USO trooper Bunita Jeane dances for members

Putting on a show, 1962

Tender care - These little children of misfortune are lucky in having the attention of skilled medical attendants.

West German Red Cross Hospital, 1956

The editorial staff moved into the old Japanese Army barracks from their first home on the third floor of the Nippon Times on Nov. 29, 1953.

Stars and Stripes’ newsroom in Tokyo, 1953

Paul J. Harrington/Stars and Stripes

USO tour to military hospitals, 1971