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80th Anniversary Stars and Stripes
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A contrast of the old and new in Tokyo. Recently opened highway separates Olympic stadium (right) and the former Washington Heights Chapel, which is being torn down.

Olympic facility and Washington Heights Chapel, 1966

Unidentified Vietnamese find a spot to catch some zzzz's. Exact location unknown.

Vietnamese locals, 1967

Patient whose helmet was riddled by schrapnel shows helmet to corpsman.

Hospital in Vietnam, 1968

Refugees flee burning buildings near Tan Son Nhut. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces started shelling more than 120 provincial capitals, towns and allied military installations across South Vietnam  and battled governement and U.S. troops inside the capital Saigon, May 5th.

Refugees flee burning buildings, 1968

PRETTY BUNDLE -  Johnny Grant, USO troupe emcee, carries petite Piper Laurie from their Pan American Clipper at Tokyo 's International airport.

Piper Laurie in Tokyo, 1953

Water shoots out of a burst pipe under a road in Saigon.

Saigon, 1968

A pent up talent occupies a corner of the Stars and Stripes art department.

Stars and Stripes Art Department, 1957

Houses built on top of pilings on a river in Saigon.

Houses on a river in Saigon, 1968

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