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Vol. 1 No. 24
Cover: Belgium — During the first days after the German breakthrough, snow fell on many parts of the Western Front, and there were many scenes like this one showing infantrymen of the First Army silently moving through the snow-covered Krinkelter Woods in Belgium, near the town of Krinkel. ……. Blunting the German Counterattack in Eastern Belgium
Articles Inside: …
Pinch-Hitting in Belgium — Meeting the German thrust, the 82d Airborne turned the Nazis’ own guns against them and then went on to retake the village of Cheneux. / By Sgt. Ed Cunningham (Pfc. Russel P. Snow, Pfc. Harold Kelly, Pfc. Harry Koprowski, Pvt. Thomas R. Holliday, Pvt. Buland Hoover, Cpl. Curtis Aydelott, Lt. Col. Willard E. Harrison, S/Sgt. Frank Dietrich, S/Sgt. Edgar Lauritsen)
Night of Retreat / By Sgt. Bill Davidson (Liege, Belgium; S/Sgt. Francis Riffle, Captain Stevenson, T-3 John Watts, Capt. Howard Cunningham, T-3 Marvin Pierick)
Taking the Sportspalast / By Sgt. Earl Anderson (T/Sgt. Noah J. Carter, 115th Infantry, Husenfeld Gut, 29th Division, 116th Infantry, 29th TAC, Lt. Chester B. Slaughter, Sgt. Floyd Haviland)
Galapagos Life — Isolated GIs carved a home as well as an airbase out of this Pacific rock, which two years ago was just a haunt for goats. / By Cpl. Richard Douglass (Sgt. Floyd Knudson, Sixth Air Force, S/Sgt. Abraham Kushner, Cpl. William Duernberger, T-5 Clair E. Scott, Capt. Edward L. Roederer, Cpl. Benjamin H. Avin, Pvt. Terry Moore, Cpl. Walter Hattenbach, Cpl. Sidney Sampson, Wilson J. Eddinger SF2c, James E McMillan CSK, Jack E. Lewis SK3c)
Yanks at Home Abroad
Photo (29th Division, Pvt. Pat Patricia)
Photo (3d Armored Division, T-5 George Piepiora, T-4 John J. Doherty)
War Without Slogans / By Sgt. Larry McManus (Ens. Jess L. Curtright)
Front-Line Edisons (34th (Red Ball) Division, Cpl. Harold Winkleman, S/Sgt. Vernon McKnight, Pfc. Alfred Seay, Cpl. Alois Schreck, Pvt. George F. Curth)
Chowhound / By Sgt. Barrett McGurn (Dulag, Leyte; 96th Infantry Division, T-5 Andrew E. Chamley)
Change of Plans (334th Infantry, 84th Division, Pvt. Thomas Kyle and Pvt. Edwin Olson)
Log of the Sweet P (USS Portland CA-33) — From the Coral Sea and Midway in 1942 to the Leyte invasion, this heavy cruiser and her crew have seen plenty of Pacific action. / By Sgt. Barrett McGurn (James R. Henington CY, Joseph G. Dieter CBM, Howard L. Selden CMM, Luther Winkler S1c, Jack C. Farnsworth SF3c, Otis Rutland CWT, Donald J. Martin SM3c, John (Pop) Hughes CBM, Paul Carpenter Y3c, Ivan B. Hill BM1c, Lawrence Kotula CGM, William Bishop ACRM, Donald Lawson S1c)
Guerrillas on Leyte — Fighting from the hills with home-made weapons, Filipino patriots caused the Japs plenty of trouble and helped pave the way for the American landings. / By Pfc. George Burns (Gen. MacArthur, Capt. Francisco Delmar, Capt. Jose Illustre, Pfc. Robert Swanson, 7th Division, Pvt. Ensocencio Reas, Sgt. Pedro Cordefa, 96th Division, Capt. Catilino Landia, Lt. William Baldwin, 32d Regiment)
Variety Show — Produced by the Cameras of the World (T-5 Lew Ayres, Sgt. Checker Moore (left) and S/Sgt. Carl Hoover, Phyllis Stewart, Dorothy Malone, Pat Clark, Lynn Baggett, Janis Paige, Joan Winfield, Pvt. Francis C. Pyle, 79th Infantry Division, Lt. Charles Earls, Ninth Air Force, Brig. Gen. Truman Boudinot, Pvt. Oscar Nesvold)
News From Home — People had the greatest surprise since Pearl Harbor, the New Year was ushered in, the President got ready for his fourth inauguration, and Jimmy Byrnes talked about the draft.
Counteroffensive
New Year’s Eve (Henry Busse, George Hamilton, Neil Bondshu, Chuck Russell, Red Lewis, Al Wallace, Al Guerra, Vincent Raff, Joe Marcellino, Les Corsley, Bill Snyder, Tommy Tucker, Cab Calloway, Gay Claridge, Carl Sands, Lou Morgan, Happy Logan, Harry Green, George Duffy, Tony Bruno, Bobby Hardy, Ted Philipps, Pete Deangelis, Larry Stone, Andrew Jacobson, Wilson Lewis, Tommy Carr, Boyd Raeburn, Eddie Stone, Tony Di Pardo, Ernie Venuto, Sonny Dunham)
Atlantic Charter
The Inauguration
Manpower (James F. Byrnes, Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey)
Odds and Ends (Chester Bowles, Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines)
Corn Champs (Mrs. Bertha Den Adel, George Renner, Arthur Else)
The Sad Sack “Raid” / By Sgt. George Baker
Veterans on the Farm — GIs experienced on the land can borrow cash from the Department of Agriculture to buy new farms or restock their old ones. / By Cpl. Hyman Goldberg (Leo Pierce, Leon H. Lamoreau, Bill Massure, 715th Engineers, Hall Edwards, 752d Tank Battalion, George Freeland Edwards, Darius G. Joy)
Mail Call
The Missing Dollar / By Lt. Col. W. H. Richardson Jr.
Continental OPA / By M/Sgt. J. P. Sullivan
Class F Allotments / Sgt. Lucian E. Cooper (333d Field Artillery)
Tsk, Cecil! / By T-4 W. B. Hazen (Cecil Carnes)
Officer Separations / By Pvt. C. P. Weidling
The Guardsmen / By 1st/Sgt. E. C. Wiggins
Crusader / By Lt. J. R. Corning
Wac Luck / By Pvt. Benjamin H. Bassett
Strained / By Cpl. S. S. Montoya
What’s Your Problem?
Mustering-Out Pay / By Pvt. Leon E. Williams
Good Conduct Ribbon / By Cpl. Raymond C. Lowell
Furlough Allowances / By Pvt. David Brown
Support Of Child / By Pvt. George Saron
GI Insurance
Extra Pay / By Sgt. R. J. Watkins
Those High Altitudes / By Sgt. Ralph F. Rohmann
YANK Pin-up Girl — Janis Carter
View of the Rhine / By Cpl. John Preston (7th Army, Lt. D. C. Jividen, Pfc. Geoffrey Dye, Pfc. Roy Elzey, Cpl. James Farkas, Lt. Orville Dilley)
Touting On The Western Front / By Sgt. Joe McCarthy (James F. Byrnes, Sgt. William Estoff)
Sports / By Sgt. Dan Polier
Outstanding Performances of 1944 (Hal Newhouser, Dizzy Trout, Capt. Joe Gould, Lee Oma, Vince DiMaggio, Don Hutson, Frankie Sinkwich, Branch Rickey, Pvt. Spud Chandler, Ted Gray, Cpl. Berkeley Bell, Paul Walker, Lt. Bill Dickey, Lt. Clint Castleberry, Lt. (jg) Dan Hill Jr., Brig. Gen. Gar Davidson, O/C Elmer Valo, Sgt. Dutch Harrison, Pvt. Jimmy Bivins, Sgt. Art Passarella, Connie Berry, Robert (Stormy) Pfohl)
Photo (Sgt. Jim Perrier)
Sports Service Record
YANK Cartoons