Life Magazine 1943 September 20 - Cambridge Don Front Cover - Negro Rights

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LIFE Magazine — September 20, 1943 Cover: Cambridge classical scholar Don Charles Seltman of Cambridge University. The issue is Volume 15, Number 12, and contains 132 pages. For collectors, this is one of the more historically significant 1943 LIFE issues because of the Buna battlefield photograph and the extensive coverage of Italy’s surrender Historic Feature: “American Dead at Buna” One of the most famous items in this issue was LIFE’s publication of George Strock’s photograph showing three American soldiers killed at Buna, New Guinea. It was the first widely published American wartime photograph depicting U.S. dead on the battlefield and marked a significant shift in wartime censorship policy. The image generated considerable public discussion and remains one of the landmark photographs of World War II. Notable WWII Themes * Italy’s surrender and the changing course of the European war. * General George C. Marshall’s strategic leadership. * Marine Raider commander Evans Carlson. * Winston Churchill receiving an honorary degree at Harvard. * Wartime transportation accidents and logistics. * Archbishop Francis Spellman’s global wartime travels. * Cambridge University during wartime Britain. Page Feature 2 Letters to the Editors 11 LIFE’s Reports: The Midwest’s Mood – Part II (Eliot Janeway) 18 Speaking of Pictures: Library of Congress Unearths First Newsreels 25 Portrait: General George C. Marshall 25 The Week’s Events: Surrender of Italy 35 American Dead at Buna 36 G.O.P.

• Year: 1943
• Condition: Very Good

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