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Original LIFE Magazine — December 18, 1950
Own an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine from December 18, 1950, featuring Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall on the cover. Published during one of the most difficult periods of the Korean War, this issue includes dramatic coverage of the great U.N. retreat from North Korea following Chinese intervention, along with reporting on how Americans were reacting to the rapidly changing war.
- Cover Subject: Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall
- Inside This Issue: “The Great Retreat Continues,” documenting U.N. forces and anti-Communist Korean civilians retreating from North Korea; a follow-up from Sycamore, Illinois on American attitudes toward the Korean War; and LIFE photography and reporting from the crisis.
- Completeness: Complete original issue, not a reproduction
- Perfect For: Korean War collectors, George C. Marshall enthusiasts, military-history readers, Cold War collectors and vintage LIFE Magazine collectors
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 23 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Great Retreat Continues
Pg… 28 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Situation in a Nutshell: “Bug Out,” by Hugh Moffett
Pg… 32 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Sycamore Revisited Still Wants No Compromise
Pg… 34 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Editorial: We’re In It Now!
Pg… 37 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Marshall Faces Hardest Job
Pg… 88 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Diplomats Keep Trying at Washington and U.N.
Pg… 76 PICTORIAL ESSAY: How U.S. Cities Can Prepare for Atomic War
Pg… 55 ARTICLES: Look! Its Nose Runs! By Robert Wallace
Pg… 65 ARTICLES: Trouble in Red China, by Rodney Gilbert
Pg… 41 FASHION: Linagerie Theatrics
Pg… 48 ART: Madonna in Mid–Air
Pg… 63 ART: Magnetic Mobiles
Pg… 59 THEATER: Agony on the Aisle
Pg… 89 MODERN LIVING: America’s Best Home Furnishings
Pg… 9 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 18 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Camp’s Best All–America Team is Still Fit
Pg… 94 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE Goes on a Nebraska Goose Hunt
Pg… 103 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Elephant with a Ford Inside
