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Vol. 1 No. 47 ……. Cover: Coast Guard Issue ……. Articles Inside: The Invaders – Maybe you think the Coast Guard is given only to Geodetic Surveys, but when you finally go into action in one of those seagoing coal barges, it might change your mind somewhat, maybe By Allen Churchill Y3c ….. The Cruise of the Campbell – If you’re a quick man on the tiller and want to save a little ammo, you can sink a sub the same way Coast Guard cutter “Campbell” did. Method: run into the damned thing. Sketches by Hunter Wood, CBM, USCGR, and John L. Floherty, Jr., CS, USCG ….. Yanks at Home Abroad ….. They’ve got no beer in Fiji and the Gals never heard of Sarong by Cpl. William F. Haworth ….. Nurses want flat GI helmets; They’d be lots easier to bathe in. By Sgt. Al Hine ….. Yanks at Home in the ETO ….. G.I. Joe by Lt. Dave Breger ….. Strictly G.I. ….. A Week Of War – If anyone wants to visit beautiful Germany these days, the way lies behind that falling bomb, beyond the third seat on that landing barge ….. Yanks Who Chased Von Arnim ….. News From Home ….. Guard Your Coast Mister? – They’ve Been Watching the Beaches Since 1790. By Sgt. Frank De Blois with artwork by Sgt. Ralph Stein ….. YANK Pin-up Girl: Hedy Lamarr ….. Sports: Al Simmons, at 40, returns to the big leagues and hits over a cool .300 for the Red Sox by Sgt. Dan Polier ….. The Sad Sack by Sgt George Baker ….. Artie Greengroin PFC – Artie on the Life of Ease ….. The Poets Cornered ….. Mail Call ….. YANK Editorial Page – First to Land, Last to Leave ….. What About V-Mail ….. The Night Raiders ( Second of 2 articles on British light coastal forces. ) By Bill Richardson and Ben Frazier ….. Cartoons