WWII LIFE Magazine March 8, 1943 General Somervell, Puerto Rico, Raid on Sened

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Life Magazine Cover : General Brehon Burke Somervell.

  • Puerto Rico – Senate committee finds it an unsolvable problem.
  • Martha Raye sings for Bomber crews in North Africa.
  • Fierce full page color Nash Kelvinator ad with Mosquito airplane over burning industrial complex “Mosquito with a deadly sting!”
  • Allies capture Tunisian town of Sened.
  • Papuan native leads blinded Australian away from Buna front.
  • Super full page color Bell Aircraft ad – Airacobra over military motorcycle with sidecar.
  • Close-up – Somervell.
  • A corporal on the job at Casablanca, Harry Hopkins and son Robert Hopkins.
  • Photo essay – American Sunday.
  • Veronica Lake puts up long hair at government request.
  • Wartime gardening.
  • Theater – the Patriots.
  • Southern hoopskirt party for Air cadets, Riverview mansion near Columbus, Mississippi – photos by Alfred Eisenstaedt.
  • Full page color Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover – this looks very much like Rosie the Riveter.
  • Photos of Mount Pavlof in Alaskan Peninsula putting on volcanic display.
  • Nice full page green Quaker State motor oil ad with tanks.
  • Cute vintage full page color Pabst Blue Ribbon beer ad.
  • Very nice Full page color Dextrose sugar ad with children.
  • Full page general “Balanced Diet” ad – cute soldier balancing food at fancy event.
  • And much more NEAT content in this classic Life Magazine March 8, 1943!
  • Antique magazines are packed with entertainment from cover to cover!
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