MacArthur relieved of command 1951
This nameplate was used in 1951
Troopers block Bama Schools 1963
This nameplate was used in 1963

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Tokyo Olympic Village, 1964

Tokyo Olympic Village, 1964

Athletes are seen practicing everywhere in the village.

Athletes are seen practicing everywhere in the village. The hundreds of Americans who less than a year ago moved out of the Washington Heights Housing Annex Tokyo would find it difficult to recognize the place today. The 232 acres of rolling ground which once contained units for 870 families is now the new Olympic Village's temporary home for thousands of the world's finest athletes.

Clifford E. Raisor, © 1964, 2018 Stars and Stripes, All Rights Reserved | BUY THIS PHOTO

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