The following is adapted from the introduction to life’s newcspecial issue 100 photographs The most important pictures of all time and the stories behind them, available at newsstands and online: Here, life.com presents pictures made in the nevada desert by photographer loomis dean shortly after a 1955 atomic bomb test These are not “political” pictures. The following is from the introduction to life’s special tribute issue, jimmy carter A noble life, which is available online and at newsstands
That included the dress shopping, the cake selection, the addressing of the invitations, and more. All 800 paratroopers landed safely (including kuhl, who snapped a photo on the way down for life), despite encountering some initial sniper fire But the mission itself was an anticlimax. The actress, born bettyjane greer, had actually been in life magazine twice before that ’47 cover
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