Leatherneck - Magazine of the Marines, September (Sept.) 1959 , Volume XLII, Number 9 - Cover Photo of 2d Battalion, Sixth Marines on Chicago's Montrose Beach (Operation Inland Seas)

USA: Leatherneck Association, Inc., 1959. Magazine. Illus. by Lowery, Louis R. (cover photo); Mulvihill, Joseph J.; Radford, Bill; Welsh. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages. Features: The Corps' 22d Commandant - David M. Shoup; Operation Inland Seas - celebrating the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway; Corps Album; Post of the Corps - Cinclant; West Pac Bound - Life on theUSS Lexington; Kansas City Reservists - there were no 'goldbricks' when Kansas City's Marine Reservists were called to active duty for the Korean War; Alibi on 24; ROK (Republic of Korea) Marines - The Korean Marine Corps has grown to a large combat force-in-readiness; Landlord to Royalty - Maj. Gaston Lauryssen, USMCR, is one of the world's best known hosts; If I Were a Commandant; We - The Marines; First Lady of SOPAC - Mrs. Alice Bowring ran a canteen in Noumea, New Caledonia; Rescue - Marine helicopters save Paul Polansky from Lake Michigan; Lengthy list of transfers; Rifle Award Winners - with photos of Lawrence N. Dubia, William V. Toy and Stanley S. Carr, Ernest O. Chilson, John R. Lewis, Harold B. West and Jesse G. Gradillas; Lovely one-page photo of Tuesday Weld in one-piece blue bathing suit; List of retirees, with photo of LtGen James P. Riseley; Nice color photo Budweiser ad on back cover features babe on sailboat; and more. Average wear. Bit of writong on back cover. Openings at each end of coverfold. A worthy vintage copy of this great issue..