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MacArthur relieved of command 1951
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Firemen battle flames that destroyed the Main Post Chapel on Yongsan Compound in Seoul on Christmas night.

Main Post Chapel on Yongsan Compound, 1967

Getting into the Mood for the Christmas season, this USO group puts special touches to holiday decorations at the Seoul USO.

Christmas at Seoul USO, 1957

A beaming Kim Yon Jin - now Jenny Jones - is led down a stairway at Tokyo International Airport Tuesday by Pacific Stars and Stripes Hal Drake (left) and Jim Lea.

Adopted Korean child en route home, 1975

An unidentified member of the 220th "Catkillers" Aviation Company checks the engine of one of the company's airplanes.

220th 'Catkillers' Aviation Company, 1968

Wrecking crews tear down former dependent housing units in the 500 block of the Washington Heights Housing Area to make room for facilities which will be used in the 1964 Olympics.

Washington Heights Housing Area, 1962

Stars and Stripes Pacific reporters and editors are working hard to get copy ready in time for the next print deadline in the newsroom at the paper's Hardy Barracks offices.

Stars and Stripes Pacific newsroom, 1953

Station tower is worked on by SP4 Ferenc Arval. The new station is operated by men from the AFKN unit in Seoul.

AFKN TV station tower under construction, 1958

Washington Heights Boqs go up in multimillion [sic] dollar project. Workmen prepare 15 New Billets to house 1,750 Officers.

U.S. Army facilities relocation project, 1954

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