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Bob Hudson
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At an estate sale last week I picked up more than 30 WWII issues of Time Magazine featuring American, Allied and Axis generals. The style of cover illustration used then produced some dynamic portraits.

 

These first two are Marine Corps generals Holland Smith and Archer Vandegrift.

 

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At an estate sale last week I picked up more than 30 WWII issues of Time Magazine featuring American, Allied and Axis generals. The style of cover illustration used then produced some dynamic portraits.

 

These first two are Marine Corps generals Holland Smith and Archer Vandegrift.

 

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Way Cool! My Dad was USMC in WWII and his unit..Amphibious Recon worked DIRECTLY for LT Gen HM Smith! Dad saw Smith in person a number of times. As a Harcharging Marine PFC in 1966 I had the rare privilege to speak with the General myownself!

 

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Way Cool! My Dad was USMC in WWII and his unit..Amphibious Recon worked DIRECTLY for LT Gen HM Smith! Dad saw Smith in person a number of times. As a Harcharging Marine PFC in 1966 I had the rare privilege to speak with the General myownself!

 

WB

 

Well heck, you need that magazine to frame and hang on the wall of you war room :)

 

I just got done scanning the covers of the Army generals and will post those tonight (these are the full issues, not just the covers, and just glancing at the articles - and ads - makes me want to read them all).

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To save server space I'll just show the closeup of the portrait and not the whole cover. These are presented in roughly chronological order:

 

Here's Ike in 1942:

 

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General George C. Marshall

 

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General Omar Bradley

 

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General Jonathan Wainwright

 

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General Joseph Stilwell

 

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Bradley - again

 

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General Hoyt S. Vandenberg

 

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General Matthew B Ridgway

 

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I have to say that it would be fantastic to own an original of any one of these illustrations: there's just so much character in these images.

 

Time did not just feature US Generals (and Admirals) on their WWII covers: they also put the top Army and Navy women on covers, plus numerous Allied military figures from other countries, as well as German, Japanese and Italian Axis military leaders.

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