Alberto Vargas - "Semper Fidelis" - March 1942 Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Gatefold Illustration – Gatefold # 16 of 63 – Verse by Phil Stack - American Pin-up Calendar Collection -
The Navy's filled with heroes
And the Army knows its beans
And the Air Force is a rare force
But I'll take the bronzed Marines.
There's a swagger to their carriage
And they're easy on the eye
And my heart does dizzy tailspins
When they're proudly marching by;
And when they have smeared the Axis
And the country is serene …
Gee, I hope that I get landed
By some Marvelous Marine!
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Solar corona and prominences. May 28, 1900. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 1942.
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Japanese pictorial map of the Middle East, 1942.
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Wonder Woman Wishes You Holiday Cheer! - art by H. G. Peter (1942)
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Tiddles’, the ship’s cat of HMS VICTORIOUS, at his favorite station on the after capstan, 10 July 1942
Tiddles was born on HMS Argus and later joined HMS Victorious. In 1940 became the official Captain’s Cat on HMS Victorious. In his years in service, he travelled over 30, 000 miles. He was often seen at his favourite station, on the aft capstan, where he would play with the bell-rope.
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Alberto Vargas - September 1942 Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Calendar Illustration - 20 years before Vargas painted my last post, he painted this gorgeous illustration for Esquire.
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US B-25B medium bombers line up on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Hornet in preparation for the Doolittle raid against Japan - April 1942
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