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1943-11-29 Life Magazine Contents

1943/11/29 — Cover featuring Lieutenant General Ira Eaker of the Eighth Air Force is credited to Margaret Bourke-White Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: World’s No. 1 Army Editorial U.S. Army on Royal Throne Allied Bombing of Rabaul Marine Landing on Bougainville Governor Bricker Announces “TARGET GERMANY”: VIII Bomber Command Book [...]

1943-11-22 Life Magazine Contents

1943/11/22 — Cover photograph featuring Foot Soldiers is credited to Eliot Elisofon Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Secretary of State Hull Returns Editorial General Marshall De Marigny Trial in Nassau Trouble in Syria Tempest in Lebanon Chili Williams by Request ARTICLE: Los Angeles by Roger Butterfield CLOSE-UP: Ellery Queen by [...]

1943-11-01 Life Magazine Contents

1943/11/01 — Cover photograph featuring Thunderbolt Fighter is credited to Frank Scherschel Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Execution of Nazi Spies – French Execute Two Nazi Spies in Syria Editorial: Anglo-American Relations Haitian President Lescot at White House Naples Post Office Explosion Mirgratory Ducks Frank Sinatra Sings for Waves New [...]

1943-10-18 Life Magazine Contents

1943/10/18 — Cover photograph featuring “Picture Romance” is credited to Sam Levitz. Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Capture of Naples Editorial: Russia’s Foreign Policy Unknown Flier’s Grave Near Bengasi Shake-up in State Department U.S. Bomber Raid on Paramushiro Ex-Ambassador Bullitt’s Campaign for Mayor ARTICLE: Basic English by Lincoln Barnett CLOSE-UP: [...]

1943-10-11 Life Magazine Contents

1943/10/11 — Cover photograph featuring Half-Hats in Fashion is credited to Philippe Halsman Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: First Lady’s South Pacific Tour Editorial English Road Signs Landing at Lae Al Dexter’s “Pistol Packin’ Mama” Zoe Gail’s “I’m Going to Get Lit-Up” London Banquet ARTICLE: Stuttgart Raid by Frank Scherschel [...]

1943-10-04 Life Magazine Contents

1943/10/04 — Cover photograph featuring US Ambassador to governments-in-exile Anthony Biddle is credited to Hans Wild Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Allied South Pacific Advance Editorial Christmas Presents Servicemen Won’t Get Cattle Sale Battle of Italy Shirley Temple and Mary Pickford Cliveden in Wartime Joseph E. Davies’ Album of Second [...]

1943-09-27 Life Magazine Contents

1943/09/27 — Cover photograph featuring Harvester is credited to Gordon Coster Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Battle of Salerno Editorial Guadalcanal Road Sign Fighting Roosevelt Family In the Ruins of Bombed London Navy’s New Fighter Plane, the Hellcat Rebuilding of Stalingrad 100th Anniversary of Marcus Whitman’s Famous Ride ARTICLES: “Hey [...]

1943-09-20 Life Magazine Contents

1943/09/20 — Cover featuring Cambridge don Charles Seltman is credited to Hans Wild. Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Surrender of Italy – large section (page 25-33) with text, photos, maps and a recap Editorial: Three Americans American Dead at Buna G.O.P. at Mackinac Churchill at Harvard University Railroad Wrecks Paraguay [...]

1943-09-13 Life Magazine Contents

1943/09/13 — Cover photograph featuring Leotards in Fashion is credited to Nina Leen Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Allied Landing on Kiska Editorial: Arturo Toscanini ‘s Plea to the American People Maestro Toscanini at Home Joe Louis Tour of Army Camps Highest U.S. Railroad Parachute-Jumping Dog Congressman Schwabe and the [...]

1943-09-06 Life Magazine Contents

1943/09/06 — Cover photograph featuring American Soldiers Hunting Japanese (titled “Jap Hunters” on front cover) is credited to William Shrout Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Industry at War Editorial Dog & Bone Sicilian Cleanup Tomato Crisis “Know Your Endorser” Campaign – Check Forgery Capitol Cleanup ARTICLE: Republican Renascence by Russell [...]

1943-08-30 Life Magazine Contents

1943/08/30 — Cover photograph featuring Anthony Eden with his dog Nipper is credited to David E. Scherman Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Where Do We Go From Here? – Churchill and Roosevelt Meet in Quebec to Work Out Some Answers; What Follows the Sicilian Victory?; The Battle for Troina; Hitler’s [...]

1943-08-16 Life Magazine Contents

1943/08/16 — Cover photograph featuring “Japanese Soliders” is credited to Paul Dorsey Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: How the Russians Took Orel Editorial The Baukmillers Strike It Rich Death in a Glider Harlem Riot The Strange Case of John Bovingdon Senators Go Global ARTICLE: P-38 by William P. Gray CLOSE-UP: [...]

1943-08-09 Life Magazine Contents

1943/08/09 — Cover featuring Steelworker is credited to Margaret Bourke-White Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Italy: includes sections titled “Italy Looks in Desparation for a Strong Man”, “The Bombing of Rome” with aerial maps, “Modern History of Italy Beings With Four Patriots and a Revolt in 1848″, “Napoleon III Was [...]

1943-08-02 Life Magazine Contents

1943/08/02 — Cover photograph featuring British Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton is uncredited Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Invasion of Sicily Editorial Alarm Clock Sale Women in Trouble MacArthur Lock MacArthur-for-President Club CLOSE-UP: Admiral Sir Max Horton by Richard Wilcox ART: Tom Lea Paints the Last Day of the [...]

1943-07-26 Life Magazine Contents

1943/07/26 — Cover photograph featuring 8th Airforce B-24 Squadron is credited to David E. Scherman Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Invasion of Sicily Editorial Hero Robert Moore New Georgia Offensive Peacemakers at Princeton Women Sailors Campaign to Re-Enlist First Anniversary of 8th Army Air Force Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe ARTICLE: [...]

1943-07-12 Life Magazine Contents

1943/07/12 — Cover photograph featuring Roy Rogers & Trigger is by Walter Sanders Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Home-Front Crisis – With large portraits and accompanying text underneath for each of Wallace, Jones, Chester Davis, Elmer Davis, Byrnes, Brown Editorial – U.S. Headache Chicago’s Empty Stockyards Pacific Offensive Bombing of [...]

1943-07-05 Life Magazine Contents

1943/07/05 — Cover featuring “America’s Combat Dead” is credited to Hart Preston Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Killed in Action … LIFE Lists War Dead – a 23-page text listing Editorial Governor’s Conference Detroit Race Riot – 9 full pages of coverage U.S. Planes Bomb Nauru CLOSE-UP: MacArthur by George [...]

1943-06-28 Life Magazine Contents

1943/06/28 — Cover featuring “War Souvenir” is credited to Nina Leen Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: British Raid Burma Editorial Labor Shortage Threatens Laundry Service Columnist Dorothy Thompson Weds Czech Artist Maxim Kopf Comedian Charles Chaplin Weds Oona O’Neill – 1 page, large photo with text beneath Pentagon Picnic Axis [...]

1943-06-21 Life Magazine Contents

1943/06/21 — Cover photograph featuring Igor Sikorsky with Helipcopter is credited to Frank Scherschel Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Allied Bombs Herald Invasion Editorial Greg Rice and Gunder Haag Joe around LaGuardia Field Zoot Suit Riots – 2 pages Company X on Attu – A Report by Robert Sherrod CLOSE-UP: [...]

1943-06-14 Life Magazine Contents

1943/06/14 — Cover featuring High School Graduation is credited to Fritz Goro Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: War’s Aftermath in North Africa Editorial Director Byrnes Visits His South Carolina Neighbors Japs Are Dug Out from Snowy Peaks of Attu American Warships Salvaged at Pearl Harbor ARTICLES: The Tunisian Campaign by [...]

1943-06-07 Life Magazine Contents

1943/06/07 — Cover featuring Captain Joe Foss, U.S.M.C., America’s No. 1 Ace is credited to Myron H. Davis Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Floods Ravage Midwest Farms Editorial: The Strike Trouble House of Marlborough Gives Girl to American for First Time U.S. and British Military Strategists Reach “Complete Agreement” Coast [...]

1943-05-31 Life Magazine Contents

1943/05/31 — Cover photograph featuring Saudi Arabian King Ibn Saud is credited to Robert Landry Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: United Nations Food Conference Convenes in Hot Springs, Va. Editorial President Awards Captain Joseph Foss Congressional Medal of Honor Jap Reprisals in China for Aid to U.S. Fliers Prisoners of [...]

1943-05-10 Life Magazine Contents

1943/05/10 — Cover photograph featuring PT Boat Skippers is credited to Dmitri Kessel Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Coal Strike Editorial Fujiyama Is Photographed Through Periscope of U.S. Submarine U.S. Troops Defeat Famous Panzer Division in Tunisia Jitterbugs Jam James’s Jive Jag – featuring Harry James U.S. Troops Kept [...]

1943-04-19 Life Magazine Contents

1943/04/19 — Cover photograph featuring Soldier’s Farewell is credited to Alfred Eisenstaedt Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Spain Shows the Fascist Post-War World Editorial Uniformed Waves at New York Style Show Gaze at Filmy Nightie New Chicago Subway Opens Madame Chiang in Hollywood Icy Warships Put Into U.S.S.R. Ports as [...]

1943-04-12 Life Magazine Contents

1943/04/12 — Cover photograph featuring Jefferson Memorial is credited to Alfred Eisenstaedt Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Spring Offensives – Allied Air Force Helps Make Them Successful CLOSE-UP: Beardley Ruml by Michael Drury ARTICLE: China Air Task Force by T.H. White PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Thomas Jefferson – 14 pages THEATER: “Kiss [...]