Some of the contents in this issue
Full page Revere Copper and Brass ad with George Hann and his family. Strange case of John Durfee. Aerial photos of bombing of Rome. Adventure in Sicily by Jack Belden. Close-up - Flip Corkin by John Bainbridge. Photo essay - Women in steel. Negro army division. Colonel William Randolph Lovelace's record parachute jump from 40,200 feet. Kitchens of tomorrow. Lucille Ball in Technicolor. Medicine - Curare. Pictures - Servicemen pick Hollywood Favorites (Phew - no longer politically correct! "Girl we'd like to keep our foxholes tidy" "Girl to ride with on a bumpy African road.") Life visits Chicago servicemen's country club, the Summer Center. Nice full page color Florida Grapefruit juice ad with muscled military men. Full page color Western Electric ad with radioman in fox hole. Women in steel ... handling tough industry jobs, including photos of Tubular Alloy Steel corp., Gary Indiana steel mill, Florence Romanowski, Rosalie Ivy, Alice Jo Barker, Mae Harris, Bernice Baunora, Victoria Brotko, Dolores Macias, Ann Zirik (pretty as a recruiting poster), Lorraine Gallinger, Lugrash Larry, Katherin Mrzljak, Theresa Arana, Audrey Mae Hulse, Blanche Jenkins and others. Full page color Camel cigarettes ad with test pilot Joe Parker and Thunderbolt fighter planes, P-47, Josephine Walz, and Shirley Jordan.