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South Vietnam, November, 1967: Staff Sgt. Raymond Scherz of Addison, Ill., seems to be pondering the best way to convert this feathered visitor to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division into Thanksgiving dinner at the nearby Bear Cat base camp. (John Olson, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Saigon, April 5, 1970: A driver snoozes in the shade of his pedicab during siesta time in Saigon. (John Beard, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Tokyo, June 13, 1967: Extras feign horror as overgrown movie ape King Kong supposedly climbs the Tokyo Tower during the filming of "Kingukongu No Gyakushu," released in the U.S. as "King Kong Escapes." (Teruhiko Kikuchi, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Tokyo, June 6, 1979: Lassie meets the Japanese media during a press event at the Imperial Hotel. The star of movies and a TV series was accompanied by trainer Rudd Weatherwax. (Ron Hatcher, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Persian Gulf, September, 1992: Airman Apprentice Brett Graveline of Airborne Early Warning Squadron 115 scrubs an E-2C Hawkeye on the flight deck of the USS Independence — and the aircraft appears to be smiling in appreciation for the back-scratching. The Independence was patrolling the area during Operation Southern Watch, the follow-up to the Gulf War. (Ted Salois, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Tae An Myon Township, South Korea, February 2, 1967: South Korean children get an introduction to television, thanks to President Lyndon Johnson. Until LBJ presented the village with the set, which was connected to a rural wire broadcasting system, the villagers had never seen TV. (Nick Stavriotis, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Saigon, South Vietnam, December, 1967: Having to bring home the Christmas tree doesn't deter this Saigon resident from using his normal means of transportation. (John Olson, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Oberammergau, Germany, May, 1950: Three Oberammergau residents take a break from the commotion surrounding the opening of the Bavarian town's famed Passion Play. (Henry Toluzzi, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Berlin, September, 1961: Members of the 2nd Battle Group's honor guard work on one of their complicated maneuvers in which two groups of soldiers face each other and toss rifles back and forth. (Bob Milnes, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Rome, Italy, September 2, 1960: A passenger on a motor scooter nonchalantly rides through the streets of Rome during the Olympic Games. (Gene Bane, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Between Cologne and Bonn, Germany, April, 1967: Planners provided the road from Cologne to Bonn with a span for a still-unbuilt highway to the Cologne airport. (Bob Milnes, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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