Life Magazine, August 20, 1945 - General Spaatz

THE WAR ENDS - Atom bombs obliterate Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Photos with names of many of the leaders in the Pacific war. Photo - Refueling at sea revealed at Nimitz secret weapon. Charming full page color Green Giant ad with giant with little lady shopper. Full page color Rogers silverplate ad with Merle Oberon. Russia joins the war on Japan (this happened three days after the first atomic bomb was dropped!). Surrender offer touches of victory celebrations around the world. Photos - atomic bomb opens new era. Manhattan Project by Francis Sill Wickware. Radar - secret weapon. Chinese tragedy, wartime inflation, hunger, black markets, includes photo of Larry Andrews. Interesting full page color Chrysler ad with military truck running completely underwater. Full page color Wyeth ad with wounded serviceman on aircraft carrier, art by Ben Stahl. Princess Elizabeth by William W White. Candida - theater. Chattanooga students learn to live in aviation age. Movie - Captain Eddie, about Eddie Rickenbacker, pilot. I. J. Fox, Furrier. Nice full page color American Locomotive ad with many different railroad engines. Regatta on the Rhine, for fun by the military. Artist Max Weber by Winthrop Sargeant. Some leaders of the Pacific Victory. The atom bomb and future of war by Hanson W. Baldwin. Louis Prima, new hit musician. A house fixing party with Beale Baldwin, Patsy Unger, Nancy Waring, Jo Lyons, others. Love at Laguna beach with Lana Turner and John Garfield.