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1944-06-12 Life Magazine Contents

1944/06/12 — Cover photograph featuring “Invasion by Air” is by U.S. Army Air Force

Contents of this issue are as follows:

THE WEEK’S EVENTS:

  • Invasion – Coverage of June 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion, Includes 2 huge 2-page illustrations of the air attack, another 2-page spread containing 6 more illustrations of the air attack, 2-page photo spread of bombing of Calais. Section also includes 2-page section, Rome Falls
  • Editorial: The Enemy
  • The Air War – Photos from the Air

    • CLOSE-UP:

  • Humphrey Bogart by George Frazier – Article, with photos, takes up parts of 6 pages
  • Beedle Smith and the Invasion Plan by Charles Christian Wertenbaker

    • PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:

  • Political Ohio

    • SCIENCE:

  • Ballistics

    • THEATER:

  • “Pick-Up Girl”

    • ART:

  • Studio War Art – Full-page color reproduction of “I Was Always Present” by George Grosz

    • MODERN LIVING:

  • Western Styles

    • ARMY & NAVY:

  • Parachute Controversy

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Letters to the Editors
  • Speaking of Pictures: Li’l Abner’s Folks
  • LIFE’s Reports: Dewey’s Man Jaeckle by Arthur Dennis
  • LIFE Visits a Flower Shop
  • Pictures to the Editors