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LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
 

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Contents

Photography cadets get a sharp picture with pinhole camera and makeshift developing
12
Photography (Equipment), Photography, Military
Odds and ends of British doings
17
World War, 1939-1945 (Great Britain)
Portrait
23
Robert Capa; 1913-1954
Surrender of Palermo
25
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Sicily (Italy)), Palermo (Italy)
AMGOT at work
29
Sicily (Italy) (History, Allied occupation, 1943-1947)
Helena rescue
41
Shipwrecks, World War, 1939-1945 (Naval operations)
Gun tubes
47
Centrifugal casting, Guns (Ordnance)
Dog-day hair-dos
53
Hairstyling
Dugong, platypus, kookaburra & Co
57
Wildlife (Australia)
Navy's job
69
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Sicily (Italy), Naval operations)

State department
32
United States Dept. of State
Portrait
33
Wendell Lewis Willkie; 1892-1944
Hamburg in ruins
34
World War, 1939-1945 (Aerial operations, Campaigns and battles, Germany), Hamburg (Germany) (Air raids)
Normandie floats again
36
Normandie (Steamship)
Royal awards
38
Haakon VII (King of Norway); 1872-1957, Mrs Gerner Sunde SUNDE, Gerner SUNDE
Canning
76
Canning and preserving
How to preserve produce by dehydrating at home
79
Dried foods
Distinguished career
80
Henry Lewis Stimson (American statesman.); 1867-1950
Portrait
81
Elihu Root; 1845-1937

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