Life magazine, which oddly came out on Mondays, issued a story with a famous cover story and photograph, that being one simply captioned "Lonely Wife". The contents of the issue were as follows:
First U.S. raid on Italy 19
Manpower 27
Best Christmas present you can give the boys is economy 32
U.S. Negro troops are based in Liberia 36
Battle for Tunisia 38
Stimson's new offices, Pentagon building 83
Private Murphy teaches candidates at Fort Benning's officer school 86
Las Vegas gambling 91
Aftermath of war 97
Geopolitics 106
Joseph Jacobs Thorndike; 1913-. Versatile soda-pop gas puts out fires, inflates life rafts, opens bomb bays 51
War posters 54
In which we serve (the movie) 59
Motion picture reviews (Single works)
Lonely wife 71
Lurid career of a scientific system which a Briton invented, the Germans used, and Americans need to study 106
Life visits the Bowery 116
English comedienne mugs and sings 124
Swimming school 129
Lonely Wife, whom readers would learn was named Joan, was an article following just such a wife, who appeared on the cover looking pensive and in a pose that, while not risqué, would probably have caused some concern for married servicemen. The article highlighted a recent book on the topic. The article was surprisingly long, and concluded with a reassuring photograph of the wife kneeling before a votive stand in a (probably Catholic) church.
British forces crossed back into Burma from India and headed towards Akyab.
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