Masthead 2001
This nameplate has been in use since 2001
1,500 US Marines Land in Lebanon
This nameplate was used in 1958

HISTORICAL PHOTOS

Radioman Donald Samply, RM3 (forefront) and gunner SN Stephen Artz look out over the My Tho river.

My Tho river, 1968

New replacements for the Big Red One provide a moment's comic relief as they all get first-hand "briefings" on how to use a toothbrush and new super-paste the Army's come up with for quick dental cleanings.

Army quick dental cleanings, 1968

John Honke delivers paper to subscribers. Through it all, delivering the news has been what Stripes is all about.

A Stars and Stripes newsboy in Japan, 1974

Zippo fires napalm as a fire boat does some target practice on My Tho river.

Target practice on My Tho river, 1968

AP photographer Horst Faas in the doorway of the Associated Press Saigon bureau.

Associated Press Saigon bureau, 1963

Vietnam soliders celebrate atop a broken tank.

Vietnam soldiers in Saigon, 1963

A Vietnam Marine holds a coup trophy, Nov. 1, 1963. Vietnam Marine celebrates on the streets of Saigon after the successful coup deposing president Ngo Dinh Diem November 1, 1963.

Vietnam Marine, 1963

500-pound bombs are lined up on the flight deck of the USS America before being loaded onto jet planes. Visible behind the ammunition is a A-7A Corsair II (left) and a A-6A Intruder.

USS America flight deck, 1968