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1942

On the back terrace of their white Georgian home in Beverly Hills, Joan and her husband, Actor Brian Aherne, chat with Olivia. The Ahernes are extremely happy and domestic, like to have tea each afternoon at 4, to dress for dinner and have in Aherne's British friends. He is a licensed pilot and now helps in the West Coast Civil Air Patrol. people

Hollywood’s Most Famous Sibling Rivalry

history

Meet the Actress Who Set Out to Kiss 10,000 Soldiers to Boost Morale

Angora goats, Texas, 1942. animals

Angora: The Goat That Keeps On Giving

Oklahoma, 1942. Agriculturists work on the region's catastrophic on erosion problem. history

True Grit: Dust Bowl Survivors

Alfred Hitchcock directing Shadow of a Doubt in 1942 arts & entertainment

Alfred Hitchcock ‘Directs’ a LIFE Magazine Story, 1942

Univ. of New Hampshire coeds training in 1942 history

Readying for Battle: Coeds Training in the Snow, New Hampshire, 1942

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Iowa, 1942 history

‘Take off the Silk, Put on the Khaki’: America’s First Women Soldiers, 1942

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