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 Aug 14 1939 - The New U.S. Army Division pp. 46-57

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Sep 18, 1939

LIFE - Mar 18, 1940 - Page 50

Vol. 8, No. 12 - 112 pages
Northwest passage
50
Motion picture reviews (Single works)


Cavalry
86
United States Army Cavalry


May 12, 1941


U.S. trains more parachute troops
110
United States Army (Parachute troops)

 

Jul 7, 1941

 
Blueprint for victory, Aug 4 1941
33
World War, 1939-1945
Billy the Kid
65
Motion picture reviews (Single works)

Truth about Billy the Kid
66
Billy (the Kid.)

Issue of national defense
17
United States

Aug 11 1941

Lindbergh
64
Roger Place Butterfield; 1907-1981

Stubborn young man of strange ideas becomes a leader of wartime opposition
64
Charles Lindbergh; 1902-1974

Aug 18, 1941

Aug 18, 1941

Aug 18 1941

This is what the soldiers complain about
16
Military psychology

Sep 1 1941

Front Cover

Political fiction peps up war games in South
31
Military maneuvers
Greatest naval base of the western world
58
Hampton Roads (Va.)

Sep 15 1941

How the British ran the Italians out of Ethiopia
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Daniel Arthur SANDFORD, Orde Charles Wingate; 1903-1944,

 Sep 29 1941

General Pershing at 81 reminds Americans that their army can be great
62
John Joseph Pershing; 1860-1948
Oct 6 1941

Senate isolationists run afoul of Willkie in movie warmonger hearings
21
Government investigations

Oct 13 1941

Battle of Louisiana
12
Military maneuvers
Oct 20 1941
America first roughhouse
40
America First Committee

Oct 27 1941

Why can't Americans believe in America?
52
War, World War, 1939-1945 (Diplomatic history), United States
Good soldier: Bill Brady is an infantryman in the famous First division
69
United States Army Infantry
Bob Hope
102
Bob Hope (American comedian and actor.); 1903-2003
U.S. army in Iceland
29
UNITED STATESArmy/Expeditionary forces, World War, 1939-1945 (Iceland), United States (Armed Forces, Forces in Iceland)

West Point education
86
United States Military Academy

Nov 10 1941

Shooting war
35
World War, 1939-1945 (Submarine operations, United States)
American heritage
102
Historic houses, sites, etc, Liberty, United States (History)
Nov 17 1941
Commando raid on Bardia
63
Great Britain Army Commandos,
Nov 24 1941
Devil or demigod?
75
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; 1882-1945
Dec 1 1941
How isolationist is the Midwest?
16
America First Committee, World War, 1939-1945 
Army Air force plans to expand to a million. men
91
United States Army Air Forces
Japan launches reckless attack on U.S.
27
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941( Life-Dec 17, 1941)





Newspaper cartoons reflect the country's anger
6
World War, 1939-1945 (Caricatures and cartoons)

Day of wrath
11
United States

America goes to war
13
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Pacific, United States)

War declared, united nation faces foes
18
Declaration of war

Killed in action
22
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941

Story of Christ in Chinese art
40
Luke CH'EN, Jesus Christ (Art), LU HUNG NIEN., Painting, Chinese

Transport to Hawaii
50
Transportation, Military

This is now a worldwide war
53
World War, 1939-1945

Submarine torpedo sinks the famous Ark Royal
54
Warships (Great Britain)

Pacific battlefield covers half the planet
58
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Pacific)



U.S. seizes the Normandie
24
Normandie (Steamship), Right of angary

Defenders of Philippines: native and American garrison on war's eve
26
Philippines (Defenses)

We shoot down the first Japs: gunners from New Mexico meet attack on Philippine field
29
World War, 1939-1945 (Philippines)

Japanese planes
36
Airplanes, Military (Japan)

Pacific ocean
62
Ports, Pacific Ocean

Great Pacific war
74
Imaginary wars and battles, World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Pacific)

How to tell Japs from the Chinese
81
Chinese, Japanese
Life goes to a party at V.M.I.
84
Virginia Military Institute

 

Pacific Coast defense
65
Coast defenses, Pacific coast

Apr 20, 1942

 

LIFE - May 25, 1942 - Page 90

Jan 12, 1942
Jan 12, 1942


Vol. 12, No. 21 - 112 pages - Magazine - Full view
In particular the frontiersmen had made an enviable mark in units like Rogers' Rangers, Stark's Green Mountain Boys and the levies commanded by Washington for Braddock's expedition in 1755

 American military tradition  88
Missouri - George Rogers Clark - Daniel Boone
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Edward MILLMAN, Mitchell Siporin (American painter.); 1910-1976, Mural painting and decoration, Missouri (History)











Jun 28, 1943
British raid Burma
19
Orde Charles Wingate; 1903-1944, World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Myanmar)




Front Cover
Jul 26, 1943
Sicily invasion goes well
25
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Sicily (Italy))

Maps show the allied positions and their tactics in battle for Sicily
30
World War, 1939-1945 (Maps, Campaigns and battles, Sicily (Italy))
Troop landings at Gela in Sicily
32
World War, 1939-1945 (Personal narratives, Campaigns and battles, Sicily (Italy))

Our army
34
UNITED STATESArmy/Expeditionary forces

New Georgia offensive
36
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Pacific)
August 2, 1943


First pictures of Sicily invasion
13
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Sicily (Italy) - Darby's Rangers

August 9, 1943
Flip Corkin leads double life as a hero both in Africa and in cartoon strip
42
Milton Arthur Caniff; 1907-1988, Philip G. Cochran, Caricatures and cartoons

Adventure in Sicily [Rangers]
82
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Sicily (Italy), Personal narratives)


Front Cover
Sep 6, 1943

Sep 13, 1943

Allied troops retake deserted Kiska
25
World War, 1939-1945 (Aleutian Islands (Alaska))

Sep 20, 1943

Portrait
25
George Catlett Marshall; 1880-1959

Surrender of Italy
25
World War, 1939-1945 (Italy, Peace)

Grand outline of World war II begins to take shape and meaning in Italy
26
World War, 1939-1945

 Marshall's report   30

World War, 1939-1945 (United States)

Marshall's report - Sep 20, 1943 - Page 30

Oct 18 1943
Allies capture ruined Naples - Rangers at Chiunzi Pass
27
Rangers seize a mountain cut and hold it for18 days until the Allied offensive rolls forward. 
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Italy), Naples (Italy)
Oct 25, 1943

Story of Fort Schuster
17
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Italy) - Darby's Rangers
Air war in the Pacific
25
World War, 1939-1945 (Aerial operations, Campaigns and battles, Pacific)

Raid on Wake island from the rear seat of a dive bomber
27
WAKE Island raid, 1943, World War, 1939-1945 (Personal narratives)
Congressional medal of honor
47
Medal of Honor
Sea bombardment
76
World War, 1939-1945 (Naval operations)


Nov 8, 1943
Jan 31, 1944


American names 48

Geographic names
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JUN 26 1944
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Rangers are home for well-earned rest - Jul 31, 1944 - Page 59

The survivors of the First, Third and Fourth Ranger Battalions are home. 

These men have exposed themselves to danger in ... 

The original Rangers were assembled on June 19, 1942 from volunteers among US troops then in the British Isles. 

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Aug 7, 1944

MULES OF MYITKYINA 

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Front Cover
Aug 14, 1944

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Dec 4 1944
Our army in western Europe
86
United States Army, World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Western)

Front Cover
Jan 1, 1945

Nazis attack as production lags
11
United States Army (Equipment), World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Western)

Fourth new year
20
World politics, World War, 1939-1945

Front Cover
Jan 15, 1945
Homemade tools show Yankee ingenuity
8
Gadgets, Tools

Allies squeeze the German bulge
15
Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945

Forgotten fronts - Feb 5, 1945 - Page 43

Filipinos are freed
2
Sergio Osmena; 1878-1961

Last days of the Ardennes salient
21
Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945
Forgotten fronts
43
World War, 1939-1945

Mauldin, top cartoonist of war
49
Bill Mauldin; 1921-2003, World War, 1939-1945 (Caricatures and cartoons)

American legends
55
Legends, American

Front Cover
Feb 26, 1945

Feb 26, 1945 - Page 34

Winter soldiers
30
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles)

Rescue at Cabanatuan
34
Cabanatuan Prison Camp (Philippines)


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Iwo Jima, Mar 5 1945
First three days

Ballad of Rodger Young, Mar 5 1945
Rodger Young, by Frank Loesser, with score

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Apr 9, 1945Salute to the armies

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Apr 16, 1945
Apr 16, 1945 
Victory of the Rhine
Forgotten front - Italy
War in Europe draws to its end, May 7 1945 
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Pacific war, May 14 1945
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Okinawa, May 28 1945
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U.S. bases in the postwar Pacific, Jun 4 1945
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Japan's total war compels total defeat, Jun 11 1945
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Americans battle for Okinawa: Jun 18 1945
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Jul 16, 1945
Jul 16, 1945
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Most decorated soldier comes home to the little town of Farmersville, Tex
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Shoulder insignia Aug 6 1945
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Aug 20, 1945
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Aug 20, 1945
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Some leaders of the Pacific war
12
United States (Armed Forces, Officers)

Atom bomb and future war
17
Atomic bombs, Nuclear energy, War

War ends
25
Atomic bombs, World War, 1939-1945 (Japan), Hiroshima (Japan), Nagasaki (Japan)
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Front Cover
Sep 17, 1945x
Japan signs the surrender
27
World War, 1939-1945 (Peace, Japan)

U.S. occupies Japan
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Sep 24, 1945
Sep 24, 1945
Life comes home with J. Stewart
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Class of '32 Jun 16 1947
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Oct 15, 1945
MARSHALL's REPORT
Biennial report to the Secretary of war
45
World War, 1939-1945

Germans' seven errors
46
World War, 1939-1945 (Germany)
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Army football Nov 19 1945
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GIs in Paris flock to Pig alley
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May 1946

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Army football
51
Football
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Struggle for the world, Mar 31 1947
Soviet Union and the United States, UNITED STATESForeign relations/Anti-totalitarian measures, United States (Foreign relations)
If I were an American, Apr 14 1947
106
Great Britain (Foreign relations, Greece), Greece (History, Civil War, 1944-1949), United States (Foreign relations, Anti-Communist measures)

Scottish Clans May 5 1947 
Oct 20 1947
Korea, May 19 1947
32
Korea
U.S. combat army Jun 16 1947
32
United States (Armed Forces)

 










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It could be done by "a reconsideration of basic policy that would really convert the three bitterly hostile services into a single team; that would make the two Marine divisions a coordinated part of the 10 projected Army divisions;

Mar 28, 1949

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Care and handling of a heritage
96
Occupations, Veterans, Young men by Bill Mauldin
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Jan 9 1950
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War can come
19
War, United States (Defenses)

How much for radar?
22
Radar (Military use)

How muscular is the army?
24
United States Army


How new a navy should we have?
26
United States Navy
How much airpower?
28
United States Air Force
Nature of the enemy
30
Communism (Soviet Union), United States (Foreign relations, Soviet Union)
Joint chiefs of staff
32
Omar Nelson Bradley; 1893-1981, Joseph Lawton Collins; 1896-1987, Forrest P. Sherman; 1896-1951, Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg; 1899-1954, United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soul-searchers find no answer
37
Nuclear warfare

House of commons portrait
62
Sir Winston Churchill; 1874-1965 (Statues, portraits, etc)

How war came to Pacific
67
World War, 1939-1945 (Art, Japan)

War memoirs
71
ANGLO-AMERICAN conference, December, 1941

Churchill's American ancestors
73
Churchill family

A-bombs on a U.S. city
81
Nuclear warfare


KOREAN WAR 25 JUN 1950
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Jul 3, 1950
Jul 3, 1950
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American revolution
36
United States (History, Revolution, 1775-1783) [with key battle maps]

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U.S. gets into fight for Korea, July 10 1950
19
Douglas MacArthur; 1880-1964, Korean War, 1950-1953

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Jul 17 1950
War by jet and by GI.
27
Korean War, 1950-1953 (American participation)

Thunderbolts along my spine
28
David Douglas Duncan

Mydans goes up to the fighting
33
Carl Mayer MYDANS

Restored position
40
Korean War, 1950-1953

Home front becomes aware of Korea
45
Servicemen, Servicemen's families

News of death hits U.S. homes
46
William GOODWIN, Remer Laverne HARDING, Kenneth SHADRICK, Korean
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Why are we taking a beating? Jul 24 1951
21
Korean War, 1950-1953 (American participation)



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U.S. tries to catch up on tanks
13
Tank warfare, Tanks, Military

Washington wears a look of concern
20
Public officers

Yanks hit a beach in Korea
22
Korean War, 1950-1953 (American participation)

Story of a soldier
26
William F. Dean; 1899-1981
Five fecund years: 1945-
31 Nineteen hundred and forties
Brilliant brat




Aug 7 1950

Questions from Korea
30
International relations, United States (Foreign relations)

What Australia thinks of us
30
Korean War, 1950-1953 (Australian participation)
Agile Annie gets into trouble
32
Is Formosa next?
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Fighting in Korea nears a bloody crisis
22
Korean War, 1950-1953

Russians wage propaganda battle in U.N.
23
Yakov Aleksandrovich Malik; 1906-1980, United Nations (Soviet Union)

War of words rages at Lake Success
24
United Nations Security Council

Marine landing, and a GI battle
26
Korean War

U.S. counters mass with mobility - Aug 21, 1950 - Page 14

Where 27th held, the marines launch attack
16
David Douglas Duncan

General gambles
18
Walton Harris Walker; 1889-1950

Refugees get in way
22
Korean War,
MacArthur's detractors
28




Lessons from combat
24

Wild blue yonder boys snap into a salute for GIs
32
United States Air Force, Korean War, 1950-1953 (Aerial operations)

Brave men of no name ridge
34
United States Marine Corps, Korean War, 1950-1953 (Campaigns and battles)

Gamble in Indo-China
37

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What the corporal saw
35
Roy L. jr DAY, Korean War, 1950-1953 (Personal narratives)
Vengeance of two eight four, disabled Russian tank
38
Korean War, 1950-1953, Tanks, Military




Nov 27 1950
Air war at the boundary
32

Where the red shadow fell
56

Queen's choice, U.C.L.A.
65
Allyn SMITH, University of California, Los Angeles


Dec 4 1950
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Once more we got a hell of a beating
32
Korean War, 1950-1953 (Chinese participation)

Angry words, bad news
40
United Nations (China)

What mobilisation?
42
Industrial mobilization
Manpower is low, training is long
44
Military training, Military training camps

Prospect is war
46
Korean War, 1950-1953 (Chinese participation), War

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Dec 25 1950
There was a Christmas in Korea
8
United States Marine Corps, War (Photographs)

Wounded
16
Walter MCCORKLE, Korean War, 1950-1953 (Casualties)

Blessing of God
20
Korean War, 1950-1953 (Religious aspects)




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Reunion of V.M.I. '01
24
Virginia Military Institute
War we may fight   76

Western Europe (Armed Forces, Defenses), Soviet Union (Armed Forces)

Brand new kind of warfare 96

Aviation, Military, Parachute troops
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Oct 15 1951

The flag, suh!
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Confederate flag

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Tough man for a tough job
103
Matthew Bunker Ridgway (American general.); 1895-1993
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Soldiers of the Queen
86
Great Britain Army (Guards divisions)
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Portrait
37
Omar Nelson Bradley; 1893-1981
Fateful dinner in a quonset hut
44
Dwight David Eisenhower; 1890-1969, Arthur W. Radford; 1896-1973, United States Joint Chiefs of Staff

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From here to eternity
81
Motion picture reviews (Single works) - Omaha advertisement
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Guided missiles

Frontier guarded by a curious dome

Look ahead to the 200th birthday of the U.S.
74
Forecasting, United States (Civilization)
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Marine corps' pride on trial, Mar 1 1954
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Frank Hawse SCHWABLE, Courts martial and courts of inquiry, Korean War, 1950-1953 (Prisoners and prisons)
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Memorandum of understanding about McCarthy and a besieged army, Mar 8 1954
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Joseph McCarthy; 1908-1957, Robert T. Stevens; 1899-1983, Army-McCarthy controversy, 1954, Loyalty-security program (U.S.)

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Stronger sex makes strong box office
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William Holden; 1918-1981, Burt Lancaster; 1913-1994, Motion picture actors and actresses
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Legacy of General McLain, Mar 28 1955
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Raymond Stallings MCLAIN

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Rock 'n roll, Apr 18 1955
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Dance, Songs, American
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U.S. again is subdued by Davy, Apr 25 1955
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Davy Crockett; 1786-1836, Clothing and dress (Children)

Mufti muster - Oct 24, 1955 - Page 131

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July 25th

Nuclear wars can be small
26
Matthew Bunker Ridgway


New tactics for limited warfare
70
Nuclear warfare, Guided missiles, Munitions

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Savagery on Sunday, Oct 24 1955
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Football, Sports (Accidents and injuries)


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Elvis Presley; 1935-1977
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Elvis, a different kind of idol, Aug 27 1956
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Elvis Presley; 1935-1977

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May 27, 1957
New landing at Jamestown
45
Jamestown Festival (1957)
Heroic fight for a colony's survival
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Jamestown (Va.)
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Private Presley's debut, Apr 7 1958
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Elvis Presley; 1935-1977

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Part II Space strategy and U.S. defense: a prophecy, LTG James M Gavin
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Military art and science, United States (Defenses)

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Oct 20 1958
Montgomery memoirs
70
Dwight David Eisenhower; 1890-1969, Harold Macmillan; 1894-1986, World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Western, Strategy)


Teen-ager rocks teen-agers
123
Rick Nelson; 1940-1985

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Nov 23 1959

Top cadet at Oxford
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Peter M. DAWKINS, University of Oxford, Foreign studentsGreat Britain
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Alamo, Sep 19 1960
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Motion picture reviews (Single works)
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WORLD WAR I, p. 43

Mar 20 1964

Air war
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World War, 1914-1918 (Aerial operations)

Tales of famous aces
73
James MILLS, Air pilots

Our most worthy enemy
74
Manfred von Richthofen (Freiherr); 1892-1918

Fraulein fad: German models in the U.S.
95
Models (Persons)
APR 17 1964

War at sea
53
World War, 1914-1918 (Naval operations)

Deadly prowlers
60
World War, 1914-1918 (Submarine operations)

Keeping a blockade
64
Great Britain Royal Navy

Thunder at Jutland
66
Jutland, Battle of, 1916

Q-ships and raiders
74
World War, 1914-1918 (Submarine operations), Q-ships

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LIFE - Vol. 56, No. 19 - 144 pages





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Far-flung battlefronts
66
World War, 1914-1918 (Campaigns and battles)

Seesaw in the Middle East
69
World War, 1914-1918 (Campaigns and battles, Turkey and the Middle East)

Guns in the Alps
74
World War, 1914-1918 (Campaigns and battles, Western Front)

Eastern front
76
World War, 1914-1918 (Russia, Campaigns and battles)



Bush fox of Africa 87
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck; 1870-1964, World War, 1914-1918 (Campaigns and battles, Africa


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MAY 22, 1964

Yanks are coming at last
68
World War, 1914-1918 (United States)

Belleau Wood
74
Belleau Wood, Battle of, 1918

Into the Argonne
78
World War, 1914-1918 (Campaigns and battles)

Heroes, legends and myths
87
Gene FARMER


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D-day reminder of the best of Ike, Jun 19 1964
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Dwight David Eisenhower; 1890-1969, Television broadcasting (Documentary programs), D-Day Invasion, 1944



MacArthur's Reminisences 

Memento of twenty-five years, Apr 17 1964  25
Douglas MacArthur; 1880-1964

In remembrance of MacArthur, Apr 17 1964  28

Douglas MacArthur; 1880-1964
Soldier's work between two wars, Jul 3 1964  56

William Mitchell; 1879-1936, Courts martial and courts of inquiry, Bonus Army, 1932, Philippines (Defenses)

They died hard, those savage men, Jul 10 1964  72

World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Pacific, Philippines)
I'm a little late, but we came, Jul 17 1964  82

Philippine Sea, Battles of the, 1944

Reminiscences, Jul 24 1964 36
 Korean War, 1950-1953 (American participation, Campaigns and battles)


Epic of Sir Winston, Jan 29 1965
Sir Winston Churchill; 1874-1965

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Vietnam as one family faces it, Dec 10 1965
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Servicemen's families, Vietnamese War, 1957-1975 (Personal narratives), United States (Armed Forces, Forces in Vietnam)






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Hail to Green Berets
93
Barry SADLER, United States Army Special Forces, Vietnamese War, 1957-1975 (Songs and music)





Pete Dawkins takes the field
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Pete Dawkins (American investment banker and general.), United States Army (Forces in Vietnam)
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Nov 14, 1969
Nov14,1969

Colonel Robert Rheault, ex-Green Beret
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Case study of an army star
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Sidney B. BERRY; 1926-., United States Army (Officers)

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Mar 8, 1963
Spartans
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Front Cover
Apr 5, 1963



 300 Spartans (obscured)                                        72
War that everybody lost
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Greece (History, Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.)

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Jul 11, 1969
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