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YANK     Continental Edition         Vol. 1 No. 21

Cover: Rest Camp, France
For four months after he landed in Normandy on D-Day, Pfc. Gerand T. Robert, of Springfield, Mass., stayed at the front. Then, believe it or not, he drew a three-day leave at an Infantry rest home behind the lines. A Signal Corps cameraman caught Pfc. Robert’s joy as he tested the softness of his bed.
Photo: Signal Corps

The Capture of a German Gestapo General in Metz

Articles Inside:

Antwerp
At the third largest port in the world, GIs, Tommies, and Belgian civilians share work and rations, preparing for the hundreds of supply-laden ships.
By Sgt. Bill Davidson with Photos by British Information Service
(Sapper George Brack, Lance Corporal Frank Hodgetts, Maj. Basil Oliver, Lt. Col. Montgomery C. Jackson)

On Limits
The infantrymen in Strasbourg will remember the town not for its historic sights or military value but as a place where there were hotels and filling food.
By Cpl. John Preston with Photos by Signal Corps

PTs in the Philippines
Their job was to spot and size up a Jap naval force, but the torpedo boats never expected to run into a battlewagon.
By Sgt. Ralph Boyce with Photo by U.S. Navy 
(Lt. Weston C. Pullens Jr., Lt. (jg) J. A. Eddins, Frank Miller QM3c, Lt. Pullens, Jim Dempster RM3c, Fred Vislosky GM2c, C. W. Patterson S1c, Lt. Brian Malcolm)

‘Champagne Campaign’
By Pvt. Howard Katzander with Photos by Signal Corps
(1st Lt. Arthur W. Fiddler, 2d Lt. Richard D. Spencer, Sgt. George Mills, Sgt. Orville Donaldson, T/5 Thomas Nolan Jr., S/Sgt. Jerome V. Callahan, Sgt. Louis A. Hopke, Cpl. Allen H. Douglas, Pvt. William Chambers, Capt. Grant A. Hooper, Pfc. Carroll L. Eckert, Pvt. Jack Gilman)

Flushing Them Out
By Sgt. Earl Anderson with Photos by Signal Corps
(405th Regiment, Pfc. Erank Socha, Pfc. Raymond Sobocienske, Lt. William
O’Brien, Pvt. Mark Pullam, Pfc. Charles W. Kirk)

Anton Dunckern – Gestapo
By Sgt. Saul Levitt with Artwork by Sgt. Howard Brodie
(Col. Constantine Meyer, Leonard O’Reilly, Harry B. Colburn, Amos Caldwell, and Paul Stapleton, Major Edward Marsh, Sgt. Henry Tillinger, Gen. “Red” Irwin)

Playtime in the Pacific
(Entertainment for the 7th Infantry Division)
THE 7th Division fought Japs on Attu and fought them again in the Marshalls. Now it’s fighting more Japs in the Philippines. Before the Leyte landings, the 7th had a slight break in Hawaii. There, with Capt. Maurice Evans, noted Shakespearean actor, the men formed a top-notch dramatic troupe to tour the islands.
NIGHT life in Noumea, New Caledonia, is at its best with the GI dances held twice a month at an officers’ club. The big event is not one of those rat races where there are fifty GIs for every mouse. GIs bring their own dates, everyone has a partner and those who can’t get a girl for one dance go to the next one.
Photos by Sgt. Bill Young and Sgt. Dil Ferris
(Sgt. Bill Beynon, T-5 Max Kelso, Patty Bootsman, T-4 Al Dennisoff, Josette Nurdin, T-4 Bill Messick, T-5 Nick Cea)

News from Home
(Dr. George W. Lewis, Maj. Edward J. York, 1st Lt. Robert Gabel Emmens, 2d Lt. Nolan A. Herndon, Sgt. Theodore H. Laban, Cpl. Davis W. Pohl, Adm. William H. Standley, Col. Joseph A. Michela, Edward Page, Goro Nakano, Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short, Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel, Mrs. Elizabth Dilling, George Sylvester Viereck, William Dudley Pelley, Lois de Lafayette Washburn, Attorney General Francis Biddle, Norman Littell, Thomas Corcoran, Gen. George C. Marshall, Raymond Taylor, William E. Ogilvie, Roy G. Johnston, Pfc. Arthur Whitehouse, David Havey, George John Dach, Albert B. Fall, Lt. Col. Henry J. F. Miller, Mrs. Bernice Fanelli, Pvt. Joseph Turkowski)
Photos by Sgt. Bob Ghio

The Sad Sack
“Bottles”
By Sgt. George Baker

Fighting the Cold
Photo by Signal Corps

Thumbtacks are winning the war
By Sgt. Ray Duncan and Artwork by Sgt. Brandt

Mail Call
     Four Fronts
     Age of Consent
     By Cpl. John Vogel, Jr.
     Brooklyn vs. Noel Coward
     By Pfc. George Switzer
     “The Outlaw”
     By Pfc. Jack Hazen
     Indian Troubles
     Pvt. Pete Schuleck
     Veterans
     By T/5 John Koppelmeier, M/Sgt. J. Gabal, Pfc. L. Martinez, T/Sgt. G. Paulu, Pvt. J. Scelfo, Pfc. E. York, T/5 R. Clancy, Sgt. L. Steiner, T/5 A. Capasso, Pfc. H. De Lagarza, Cpl. F. Melisano, T/4 R. Rastetter, T/5 L. Grieco, and T/Sgt. R. Goeckerman.
     Policing Up
     Post-War Pillbox
     By Cpl. Lee Harmon, T/Sgt. V. E. Baker, Cpl. E. J. Horvath, and Sgt. C. Sammons.
     Line Entertainment
     By Pvt. Kenny Wells, Pfc. Rodney Haley, Pvt. Orla Poole, Pfc. George McCane, Cpl. William Clark.
     Efficiency Medal?
     By T/Sgt. Frank Gavin, M/Sgt. George Sinner and T/Sgt. James Cook.

What About the Germans?
Artwork by Sgt. Ralph Stein
By Cpl. Charles W. Korth, Jr., T/Sgt. Robert K. Garrity. Sgt. Clifford Halmrast, Cpl. Andy Gay, T-5 Monroe Lockman, and Pvt. Dyke Williams

YANK Pin-up Girl: Rita Daigle
Photo by Walter Thorton

YANKS at Home Abroad
     (Sgt. Joe Hanley, Cpl. Ruby Newall)
     Great Day Coming
     (T-4 Anastasios S. Katechis)
     By Sgt. Irving Caress
     Profesor
     (Dave Cardoza)
     By Cpl. Richard Douglass
     Sarong Shortage
     (S/Sgt. Robert V. Fleming)
     By Sgt. Barrett McGurn
     Vest-Pocket Pearl Harbor
     (L. J. Lyng COM, R. N. Grunigan CM3c, P. R. Reed CM3c, R. W.   Delaney CCM, L. G. Gaartz CCM, Lt. (jg) G. E. Woodward, Lt. W. T. Foran)
     By Sgt. Ray Duncan
     The Great Ketchup Mystery
     Franchise
     (Sgt. Adam Slawoniewski, Lt. Col. Arthur R. Simpson)
     By Sgt. Don Cooke

Army Team
It’s West Point’s greatest football team since the famed team of 1916. Here are the players and coaches who made them click.
Photo by Sgt. Matthew Grimaldi
(Herman Hickman, Pvt. Stu Holcomb, Lt. Col. Earl Blaik, Felix Blanchard, Glenn Davis, Max Minor, Tom Lombardo)

Billy the Kid in Italy
(Cpl. Billy Conn, Cpl. Hal Raskin, Freddie Mills)
By Cpl. Len Zinberg

Sports Service Record
(Barney Poole, Pvt. Stu Holcomb, Arthur Donovan, Comdr. Buzz Borries,  Pvt. Mike Dejan, Felix Blanchard, DeWitt Coulter, Elmer Raba, Arthur Gerometto, James Enos, William Webb, Archie Ballantyne, Ens. Howard Callanan, Lt. Clint Castleberry, Col. Bob Noyland, Lt. (jg) Fred Sington, Lt. Ducky Pond, O/C Willis Ward, Al Benton, Vernon Curtis, Thurman Tucker, Harold Epps, Ed Saenz)

YANK Cartoons

YANK, The Army Weekly, publication issued weekly by Branch Office, Information & Education Division, War Department, 205 East 42d Street New York 17, N. Y. Reproduction rights restricted as indicated in the masthead on the editorial Page. Entered at second class matter July 6, 1942, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price $3.00 yearly. Curial-Archereau, Paris