Description
YANK — The Army Weekly
Caribbean Edition
April 3, 1944 | Vol. 2, No. 42
Publisher: Branch Office, Army Information, MSD, War Department, 205 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N.Y. — Printed at HQ Antilles Dept and at Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Managing Editor: Sgt. Joe McCarthy • Caribbean Edition Editors: Cpl. Bill Haworth, DEML; Pvt. Jud Cook, DEML • Officer in Charge: Capt. W. E. Husman
Price: 5¢ |
Pages Scanned: 24. Instant PDF download.
Cover Page
The cover shows a soldier peering through the sight of a .50-caliber anti-aircraft machine gun mounted atop a tank, under the banner headline “How Fast Can You Recognize an Enemy Plane?”, promoting the issue’s aircraft-recognition photo spread on pages 4-8.
Credit box (p. 10) attributes the cover photo to T/Sgt. George Aaron.
Major Headlines & Content
Visit to Cassino
By Sgt. Walter Bernstein
A YANK correspondent travels to the front lines near Cassino, Italy, describing the ruined town, the dugouts and MPs along the road, and a tense night waiting out German shelling just before Allied bombers reduced the mountain town to rubble.
Names: Sgt. Walter Bernstein, Lt. Pocknall, Seymour, Pvt. Marshall A. Spetz
“I Think It’s One of Ours”
By Sgt. Mack Morriss
The article explains why aircraft recognition is a life-or-death skill for GIs and introduces YANK’s four-page chart of silhouettes and photos of Allied and Axis planes.
Report From Russia
By Sgt. Al Hine
An American general recounts a two-month tour of Red Army fronts from Leningrad to Stalingrad, praising Soviet troops, partisans, and civilians rebuilding under fire.
Names: Maj. Gen. Donald H. Connolly
This B-24 Over Britain Refused To Land So They Had To Shoot Her Down
By a YANK Field Correspondent
After mechanical trouble forced the crew of the Liberator “Heavenly Daze” to bail out over England, the pilotless bomber flew on for hours until RAF Spitfires were sent up to shoot it down over the sea.
Names: 1st Lt. Walter McCartie, 1st Lt. Richard J. Pettit, 2d Lt. Humphrey J. Elliot, 2d Lt. Robert F. Leesley, 2d Lt. Leslie A. Jacobson, Sgt. John P. Kogut, Sgt. Erharot D. Lange, S/Sgt. James R. Stanley, S/Sgt. Peter Bortus, Sgt. Joseph A. D’Atri
A Sergeant Coaches a King
By Sgt. Karl Sprinkle
A U.S. Army range instructor stationed in Egypt describes coaching King Farouk and his bodyguard team to marksmanship success in a rifle match against South African and Swiss teams.
Names: T/Sgt. Robert A. Walters, King Farouk
Artic Jitterbug
By Sgt. Georg N. Meyers
At Ladd Field, Alaska, the article profiles the challenges of learning to fly and maintain the Army’s experimental Sikorsky helicopter in extreme cold-weather conditions.
Names: Lt. Lyle Edwards, Sgt. Charles Smith, S/Sgt. Frank Matteson, Lt. Raymond J. Barnett
Other Content
Cartoons: “The Sad Sack” comic strip “Tropics” by Sgt. George Baker (p. 16); a back-page cartoon page with gag panels by Lea Salkin PhoM3, Sgt. Charles Pearson, Cpl. Ernest Maxwell, and Cpl. Art Gates.
Pin-up: Gloria Anderson, YANK Pin-up Girl (p. 20).
Masthead/Staff Notes: full editorial staff and “Main Editorial Office” listing (p. 17), and the Caribbean Edition credit box naming editors Cpl. Bill Haworth and Pvt. Jud Cook and Officer in Charge Capt. W. E. Husman (p. 11)
Letters: “Mail Call” reader letters on topics including editorial policy, dishonorable discharges, Russia and Finland, saluting German prisoners, and pinball machines overseas (p. 14).
Also included: an aircraft-recognition photo chart spanning pages 4-8; “News From Home” roundups of state-by-state items (pp. 15, 18-19); “Navy Notes” and “Books in Wartime” reading list (p. 21); and a sports section on baseball spring training and boxing (pp. 22-23) by Sgt. Dan Polier.