Life Magazine, July 7, 1941 - General Patton in tank

Special defense issue of LIFE : a GREAT issue. US Steps up production of tanks, cars, armor, guns and planes, includes chart showing expenditures and uses per month per year so far. Great photo of Lockheed P-38 airplane under construction in the plant. Neat full page Goodrich tires ad with policeman on horseback and second policeman chalking a tire (meter "maid"). Charming though possibly politically incorrect full page color Shell gasoline ad with young negro boy eating watermelon. Red, white and blue fashions, including swimming suits in color. Nice full page Air Transport Association ad with night flying scene. Humorous full page Ductillite (tinplate) Wheeling Steel Corporation ad with cartoon art by Bates. Bombers : feature article with lots of color photos, including small photo of Orville Wright (B&W). Dorothy Lamour is the number one pin-up girl of the army. Radiolocator is night bomber defense. Nifty full page color patriotic International Trucks ad. Hitler's Russian invasion adds whole red Army to US Defense. Marines. New techniques of camouflage, including photos of Robert R. Jones (Fort Ord), Thielmann D. Muse. Photos of food in the army (better than what is available in my house!) Top Sergeant Bruce Bieber makes soldiers out of citizens. Dottie Lamour. Pushball. Artists recruited by US military. Fort Leavenworth Officers' club. Charming photos of ways to wear the Army fatigue hat, Bert Stephenson, Juan Varele, Jaramillo Regimio, Hack Lawrence.