(Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)Barce, Libya, February 1963: Carrying all the belongings she could save from her ruined home, a mother leads her child in search of shelter following an earthquake. Most of the ancient city of Barce was destroyed in the magnitude 5.6 earthquake on Feb. 21, 1963. Read Stars and Stripes photographer Red Grandy’s 1963 account of the aftermath here. For current news on Libya check out https://www.stripes.com/Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/

Source: Libya Today October 31, 2023 10:04 UTC