Life Magazine 8/14/50.
Life Magazine.
Place Published: Chicago, IL:
Publisher: Time, Inc,,
Date Published: 1950.
Description: Life 8/14/50. The magazine is in NEAR FINE condition with minor wear on front and back wrapper and top spine slightly torn. JMVINTAGE specialized in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and other curious subjects. The COVER:On the bridge of the Essex-class aircraft carrier Valley Forge, Life Photographer David Duncan took this picture of the only man in the U.S. Navy with two stars and one leg. Rear Admiral John Madison Hoskins lost his right foot during the battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944. Now, with surprising agility, he commands the carrier squadrons burning up the skies over Korea, where his pilots have rendered invaluable support to hard-pressed ground forces. The story of the airmen's exploits and those of their scrappy , peg-leg skipper ("Uncle John:) is told on pages 72 to 77. CONTENTS: Communists Wage War on Two Fronts/Five Firestones salute Their Father's Statue/The Witnesses Hear The Word/ What May Be Biggest Meteor Crater Is Discovered/ What the Marine Said to the Girl/ Belgium;s King Agrrees to Quit/The Montesquious/The Kon [Tiki Adventure/ Our Peg-Leg Admiral; St. IVES/ and Life visits a Country Hayloft/
Binding: PaperbackCondition: Near Fine
Book Id: 12009
Price: $15.50
