WWII LIFE Magazine December 7, 1942 Marine TRIPLE ACE Major John Smith VMF-223

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WWII LIFE Magazine December 7, 1942 Marine TRIPLE  ACE Major John Smith VMF-223
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John Lucian Smith became a World War II Marine Corps TRIPLE ACE. He shot down sixteen enemy aircraft in 26 days, and ended the war with NINETEEN confirmed victories. He was the first (of three) Medal of Honor recipient to appear on the cover of "Life" magazine during World War II.
He received the Medal of Honor, Legion of Merit, and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Life Magazine Cover
: Major John L. Smith, Marine squadron commander flyer – he shot down 19 Jap planes in 26 days.
Here is a striking ad, full page, rather bare Bell Telephone ad “War needs the wires this Christmas” … (so please don’t make long distance telephone calls).
Lily Pons carries fighting French flag.
Captain Rickenbacker and crew recuperate on Pacific Isle.
Boston Holocaust.
Deaf people sing national anthem.
War metals – photo essay.
Torpedo bomber planes.
Copacabana girls on Broadway.
Edward Laning paints Santa Fe railway at war.
Gould Mansion.
Neat full page color North American Aviation ad with Bombers in ice.
Two page Consolidated aircraft ad, Liberator, Coronado and Catalina.
Cute full page color Model smoking tobacco ad.
Prison war workers build ships and produce war goods.
Captain Smith and his fighting 223.
British strip-tease tells how to save fuel.
Fighting day at an Airdrome.
Santa Fe railway at war, painted by Edward Laning.
Neat half page color Texaco ad with Football coach Fred Allen.
Full page color Old South Toiletries ad – lots of cosmetics products pictured.
Feature on War Metals, mining vanadium, molybdenum, mercury, lead and zinc, includes Climax Molybdenum, Leadville smelter, Colorado, Frank Dewey near San Francisco, Benbow mine for chromium, more.