LIFE MAGAZINE 1945Biblio.com
MARCH 12 1945. ARTICLES: 1.MARINES WIN BLOODY BARREN SANDSOF IWO IWO JIMA. 2
37039001New York 1942 Time. Pictorial wrappers very good solid 26.5 x 35.5 cm. many black and white photos covers four articles about the War in the Pacific; U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima; Life Over the Stilwell Road. FIRST & ONLY EDITION . . . THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE OF LIFE MAGAZINE COVERS WORLD WAR 2 . . . BATTLE ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN THE PACIFIC . . . THE OPENING OF THE STILWELL ROAD INDIA-KUNMING . . WITH 4 PICTORIAL ESSAYS . FOUR ARTICLES: . 1. U.S. MARINES WIN BLOODY BARREN SANDS OF IWO Iwo Jima Okinawa. . A 4 full page article with 7 black & white photos by W. Eugene Smith. . The terrible attrition rate taking this Japanese fortress island. Some 26000 Americans casualties were wounded 2600 were killed taking this island forcefully from the Japanese. The battle lasted 82 days . 2. EISENHOWER JACKET STARTS NEW FAD: Full page article plus a half page with 4 photographs. Showing Ike Eisenhower in his newly designed "Ike Jacket" followed by civilian versions found in new "war fashions." . 3. THE ATOLLS: Outfield of Pacific War Yesterday's Island Battlefields are Stations on Road to Tokyo. . By John Dos Passos an eminent American novelist on station in the Pacific battlefronts. Two full pages 8 half page articles. . With photos by Peter Stackpole & Eric Schaal-pix & U.S. Marine Corps J.R. Eyeryman. A two full-page essay & 5 photo article. . 4. LIFE GOES OVER THE STILWELL ROAD: The First U.S. Truck Convoy to Reach China Since 1942 Arrives at Kunming After a Journey of 1000 Miles. . A 4 page article 3 full photo pages a half page 7 black & white photos in all. . American trucks and jeeps bring the first convoy over the long Stilwell Road from Ledo to Kunming via Burma. Paoshan the half-way point of the road shows a long convoy of vehicles heading to Kunming. Yunnan howitzer caves dug in to repel the Japanese the Irrawaddy river pontoon bridge which runs past Myitkyina & Mandalay south to Rangoon just one of 600 bridges ! Crossing the Salween river over suspension bridge. . Photographed by Jack Wilkes. . Color scans are posted to our website. . . unknown
