Showing posts with label men's adventure magazine of the week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label men's adventure magazine of the week. Show all posts

Friday, September 27, 2019

Men's Adventure Magazine Cover of the Week

Man's Illustrated 
July 1959
Featured on the cover was Congressional Medal of Honor winner Samuel D. Dealey USN
Commander Dealey is the nephew of George B. Dealey, publisher of the Dallas News and for whom Dealey Plaza is named.   
Samuel Dealey was a submarine commander who was killed in action August 24th 1944 during action in the Philippines.  He was awarded the Navy Cross 4 times but was awarded the medal of honor posthumously on August 29th 1945 for gallantry in action during the USS Harder's sixth war patrol. 



Monday, October 29, 2018

Men's Adventure Magazine of the Week


January 1959
James Bama handles the cover chores, illustrating Edward Newman's story “The P.O.W.s Who Broke Out of Rat Hell Stockade,” which deals with a group of Union soldiers during the U.S. Civil War who tunneled their way out of Richmond's Libby Prison. The story is true. The escape was one of the most successful breakouts of the war. The escapees were highly motivated due to the fact that Libby Prison was a hellhole that generated high mortality rates due to abuse, starvation, exposure to severe weather, and terrible overcrowding.