Photo of the day From the Stripes archives
June
1, 2003
Red Grandy / ©Stars and Stripes
Coblenz, Germany,
April 11, 1951: Gen. Dwight Eisenhower reacts as he
hears the news that Gen. Douglas MacArthur has been relieved of his command in
the Far East by President Truman. "Well, I'll be darned," said
Eisenhower. Stripes photographer Red Grandy's shot ran in Life magazine and several other international outlets, and earned
him a top award from Editor and Publisher
magazine.