1942-03-02 Life Magazine Contents

1942/03/02 — Cover featuring Ginger Rogers is credited to Bob Landry.

Contents of this issue are as follows:

THE WEEK’S EVENTS:
Now the U.S. Must Fight For Its Life

…Six Ways to Invade the U.S. — Pretty scary stuff featuring illustrations beginning with Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor and then the Japanese on Mt. Rainier, Japanese tank causing destruction on the streets of Southern California, Nazi planes bombing East Coast plants, a full page showing bombing of San Francisco highlighted by explosion of Golden Gate Bridge, and another full-page showing Germany destroying an East Coast Airport

…U.S. Raid on Jap Isles Shows Value of Offense

LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World

Douglas Aircraft Workers Hear Production Pep Talk

Binghamton’s Salvage Collection Sets Example for Country

Military Strategy Starts Brawl of Saloon Patriots

Allied vs. Axis Navies

Farmers Learn How to Milk Cows in a Blackout

ARTICLES:

Rear Guard in Luzon by Captain John Wheeler, USA

Chaing Kai-Shek by Theodore H. White

PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:

Ginger Rogers — 10 pages packed with photos leading off with a full-page color pic

SPORTS:

Cornelius Warmerdam Breaks World Pole-Vault Record

ART:

Fireman’s Art: British Exhibit Tours USA

OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

Letters to the Editors

Speaking of Pictures: Americans Turn Pension Grab into Big Joke

Roll of Honor

LIFE Goes to An Army Party

Pictures to the Editors

Notable advertising includes: full-page ad for Carole Lombard and Jack Benny in To Be Or Not To Be with announcement beginning “We announce the presentation of Carol Lombard’s last picture”, Mimeograph duplicator ad with large illustration “Sergeant, USMC Reading Orders” by Norman Price, and a Lucky Strikes ad on the back cover. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.