1942-02-23 Life Magazine Contents

1942/02/23 — Cover featuring “Guns for Merchantmen” is credited to George Strock

Contents of this issue are as follows:
THE WEEK’S EVENTS:

An Era of Empire Ends at Singapore

LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World

U.S. Goes on War Time

U.S. Navy Raids Gilbert and Marshall Islands

Germans Impose Mass Death on Red Prisoners and Poles

“Normandie” Burns at Her New York Pier

A.E.F. Arrives in Ireland

…U.S. Troops Set Up Housekeeping by Mary Welsh

ARTICLE:

The First Japanese Mission to America by Yanagawa Masakiyo

PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS:

Broadway Theater Season with sections on MacBeth, Musical Comedies, and Porgy & Bess

Brooklyn Navy Yard

AVIATION:

Aerial Warfare Soars into the Stratosphere

ART:

Harry Wickey Sculptures Hell’s Kitchen

MODERN LIVING:

Sears, Roebuck Shows Summer Styles at Ritz

OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

Letters to the Editors

Speaking of Pictures: LIFE’s Photo-Reporter Team Are Jap Prisoners

Roll of Honor

LIFE Goes Calling at Blenheim Palace

Pictures to the Editors

Notable advertising includes: Full-page color ad for “Mr. Bug Goes to Town”, Four Roses Whiskey ad illustrated by John Falter, Rise Stevens for Columbia Records, Texaco ad with color illustration by Albert Dorne. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.