Description

YANK, The Army Weekly

British Edition

October 8, 1944 — Vol. 3, No. 17

Publisher: Brooklyn, N.Y., Army Education and Information Division, War Department (masthead on Mail Call page)

Pages scanned: 24. Instant PDF download.

Price: 3d

Officers in Charge (British/Continental editions): Major Donald W. Reynolds, Major Walter E. Hussman. Publications Officer, ETOUSA: Col. Oscar N. Solbert.

Cover

A close-up photo of a wrecked, bomb-damaged German steam locomotive, described as a “Symbol of Allied air forces’ strategic bombing of German transportation and industry.” Cover line: “Along the Moselle—And Into the Siegfried Line.” No individual is pictured on the cover, and the scanned issue does not include a masthead “The Cover” credit page identifying a photographer.

Major Articles

Fighting Our Way into Germany

By Sgt. Saul Levitt — YANK correspondent’s dispatch following American troops across the Moselle, through Alsace-Lorraine, and into the Siegfried Line.

Strategic Bombing… as planned

By Sgt. Samuel W. Taylor — Report from England on the effectiveness of Allied strategic bombing on German rail, oil, and ball-bearing production around Paris.

UNmilitary Training

By Pfc. Ira H. Freeman — Army plans for education, recreation, and sports programs for GIs in occupation theaters after Germany’s defeat.

Yanks in the ETO: The Brassière Boys

By Tom Bernard, Sp.(x)1c, USNR — Account of the Sixth Armored Division’s siege of Brest.

Keeping Clean in France

By a YANK Staff Correspondent — On QM Laundry and Shower units serving frontline troops.

GI Horseplay in Egypt and Italy

Unbylined photo feature — GI donkey jousting in Egypt and a 15th Air Force rodeo in Italy.

News from Home

Unbylined — Roundup of home-front and political news, including election-season commentary.

GIs from Brazil

By Cpl. Jud Cook — Profile of Brazilian Expeditionary Force troops serving alongside the Allied Fifth Army in Italy.

The Wonder Team

By Sgt. Dan Polier — Feature on the surprising 1944 pennant-contending St. Louis Browns.

Home Towns in Wartime: Washington, D.C.

By Sgt. Merle Miller — A GI’s-eye view of wartime Washington.

Art

“The Sad Sack” comic strip by Sgt. George Baker. Editorial cartoons by Cpl. Ralph Newman, Cpl. Art Gates, Pvt. Walter Mansfield, Pvt. Tom Flannery, and Pvt. George Peltz.

Pin-up

Belita

Soldier Photo

Sgt. Le Roy Luce, a foot-slogger from Brooklyn, N.Y., is pictured straddling the Belgian-German border during the American advance near Aachen.