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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