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Life Magazine, August 16, 1943 - Japanese soldiers

Life Magazine, August 16, 1943 - Japanese soldiers

Life Magazine, August 2, 1943 - British Admiral Horton

Life Magazine, August 2, 1943 - British Admiral Horton

Life Magazine, August 9, 1943 - Women steelworkers

Original Life Magazine from August 9, 1943 - Women steelworkers
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These issues are in pretty good shape. These are great for those who want a complete, original, average condition issue to read and enjoy. They may have some light to moderate flaws like small tears, spots, library stamps etc. but would make a great piece of history for the budget minded to mark any occasion.
Some of the contents in this issue
Full page Revere Copper and Brass ad with George Hann and his family. Strange case of John Durfee. Aerial photos of bombing of Rome. Adventure in Sicily by Jack Belden. Close-up - Flip Corkin by John Bainbridge. Photo essay - Women in steel. Negro army division. Colonel William Randolph Lovelace's record parachute jump from 40,200 feet. Kitchens of tomorrow. Lucille Ball in Technicolor. Medicine - Curare. Pictures - Servicemen pick Hollywood Favorites (Phew - no longer politically correct! "Girl we'd like to keep our foxholes tidy" "Girl to ride with on a bumpy African road.") Life visits Chicago servicemen's country club, the Summer Center. Nice full page color Florida Grapefruit juice ad with muscled military men. Full page color Western Electric ad with radioman in fox hole. Women in steel ... handling tough industry jobs, including photos of Tubular Alloy Steel corp., Gary Indiana steel mill, Florence Romanowski, Rosalie Ivy, Alice Jo Barker, Mae Harris, Bernice Baunora, Victoria Brotko, Dolores Macias, Ann Zirik (pretty as a recruiting poster), Lorraine Gallinger, Lugrash Larry, Katherin Mrzljak, Theresa Arana, Audrey Mae Hulse, Blanche Jenkins and others. Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with test pilot Joe Parker and Thunderbolt fighter planes, P-47, Josephine Walz, and Shirley Jordan.
Italy looks in desperation for a strong man
15
Pietro Badoglio; 1871-1956, World War, 1939-1945 (Italy)
Bombing of Rome
16
Rome (Italy) (History, Bombardments, 1943)
Portrait
18
Camillo Benso Cavour (conte di); 1810-1861
Portrait
18
Giuseppe Garibaldi; 1807-1882
Modern history of Italy begins with four patriots and a revolt in 1848
18
Italy (History)
Negro division prepares to go overseas
37
UNITED STATESArmy/Negro troops
Flip Corkin leads double life as a hero both in Africa and in cartoon strip
42
Milton Arthur Caniff; 1907-1988, Philip G. Cochran, Caricatures and cartoons
Kitchens of tomorrow may look like this
53
Kitchens
Army play by play
60
One act plays
Technicolor Tessie
65
Lucille Ball; 1911-1989
Portrait
18
Giuseppe Mazzini (Italian revolutionary.); 1805-1872
Portrait
18
Victor Emmanuel II (King of Italy); 1820-1878
Jobs for veterans
28
Veterans (Employment)
Strange case of John Durfee
31
UNITED STATESWar information, Office of/Overseas division
Watch the corn shoot up
32
Corn, Growth (Plants), Plants (Photographs)
Army doctor's record parachute jump
69
William Randolph LOVELACE; 1907-., Parachuting
Women in steel are handling tough jobs in heavy industry
74
Women steel workers
Adventure in Sicily
82
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Sicily (Italy), Personal narratives)
Jungle poison is domesticated as healing drug
90
Curare
Servicemen's country club in Chicago
94
Servicemen's centers, Chicago (Ill.) (Clubs)