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LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
 

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Contents

Woosung prisoners
2
World War, 1939-1945 (Prisoners and prisons)
Here are new experiments in photography
8
Andreas Feininger; 1906-1999, Photography
Nebraska plan
12
Scrap metal, Omaha (Neb.)
Red army fights for Mother Russia
29
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Soviet Union)
Stalin: Glad to see you, Mr Willkie
35
Joseph Stalin; 1879-1953, World War, 1939-1945 (Soviet Union)
Kartveli designs the P-47, the white hope of the army's high-altitude fighter planes
60
Alexander A. KARTVELI, Airplanes (Design), Airplanes, Military
Night vision
71
Eye (Accommodation and refraction), Vision
Invasion planning
80
Military art and science
Commando raid
82
Great Britain Army Commandos
Fall fruits
84
Fruit, Vegetables

Russians make it a second Verdun
36
STALINGRAD, Battle of, 1942
Where will Hitler move next?
38
World War, 1939-1945 (Psychological aspects, Germany)
Portrait
39
Westbrook Pegler; 1894-1969
Battle action in Solomons
40
SOLOMON islands, Battle of, 1942
American legion opens its ranks to veterans of the second World war
43
American Legion
Christmas gifts for army and navy
45
Gifts for servicemen
Babies
53
Infants (Growth and development)
Pirate
89
Samuel Nathaniel Behrman; 1893-1973
Washington eats
95
Lunches, United States (Executive departments)
Armies that win
104
Armaments, History, Military art and science
Lucille Ball wins first chance as a big-time star
116
Lucille Ball; 1911-1989
Armored force cartoons tell U.S. soldiers how to act if captured
122
Prisoners of war
Life visits U.S. army nurses in New Caledonia
126
UNITED STATESArmy/Nurse corps, New Caledonia

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