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YANK, The Army Weekly — Issue Summary

Publication: YANK, The Army Weekly
Edition: Continental Edition
Date / Vol. / No.: December 3, 1944 — Vol. 1, No. 19
Publisher: Published weekly by the enlisted men of the U.S. Army, for sale only to those in the armed services. Herald Building, Paris, France

Pages Scanned: 24. Instant PDF download.
Price: 3 Francs

Managing Editor: Sgt. Merle Miller

Cover
The cover, captioned “Fancy Dress in Florence,” shows two American sergeants chatting with a GI dressed in a suit of medieval armor amid a crowd, with a jeep behind them. Per “The Cover” note inside, the photo shows two GIs in Florence taking part in the pageant costume of the Florentine, in the half-armor of a 15th-century guard. 1st Sgt. G. W. Johnson, photographed in the Piazza della Signoria, and the picture was taken by YANK staff photographer Sgt. Steve Derry.

Major Articles

Occupied City
By Sgt. Mack Morriss — Inside Aachen, the first German city under American Military Government, and how it is being administered and policed.

March on Metz
By Sgt. Saul Levitt — The 5th and 95th Infantry Divisions’ final push to capture Metz, France.

Philippine Invasion Items
By Sgt. Barrett McGurn and YANK Staff Correspondents — Scenes and vignettes from the fighting and liberation on Leyte.

Television
By Sgt. Georg N. Meyers — A look at the technical advances and postwar commercial promise of the new television industry.

Variety
Photo page — a roundup of Army scenes: Allied generals in Belgium, a Coast Guard rescue drill, a Silver Star decoration, and more.

Show — Cameras of the World
Photo page — miscellaneous images from around the world, including Saipan war souvenirs and a rail-riding jeep.

Waiting War in Panama
By Sgt. John Hay — Life for GIs guarding the Panama Canal against a Japanese attack that has not come.

News From Home
Homefront roundup — Congress’s lame-duck session, cabinet rumors, manpower shortages, and the cost of living.

Advertising Has Gone to War
Copywritten by Sgt. Al Hine, art directed by Sgt. Ralph Stein — A satirical look at wartime advertising’s patriotic excesses.

Sports: All-American Preview

Profiles of the season’s top college football backfield stars expected to make the All-American teams.

Sports: Football Conversation with References to Navy, Randolph Field and Rose BowlBy Sgt. Dan Polier — An interview-style column with Navy’s football coach and other sports notes.

Art
Editorial cartoons scattered through the issue are credited to Sgt. Arnold Thorn, Sgt. Dick Ericson, Sgt. Douglas Borgstedt, Sgt. S. Webdale, Pfc. Anthony Delatri, and others. The regular Sad Sack strip (“Double Trouble” #2) is by Sgt. George Baker.

Pin-up
A blonde pin-up girl appears in the issue; her name is obscured/illegible on the scanned page.