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Vol. 1 No. 25

Cover: Present Arms – That happy-hunting grin on the face of Pfc. Robert Leigh of Washington, D.C., is because of the rather sizeable collection of enemy guns he took from Germans who were routed out of basements in Duren, Germany, by the men of the 83d Division.

Articles Inside: …

Massacre at Malmedy — American soldiers who escaped from German slaughter pen tell how guns were turned on medics and unarmed prisoners of war. / By Sgt. Ed Cunningham (Malmedy, Belgium; T-5 Theodore J. Paluch, Pvt. James J. Mattera, T-5 Warren R. Schmitt, Pvt. William Reem, Pvt. Roy B. Anderson, T-5 Charles F. Appman, Sgt. Kenneth F. Ahrens, 1st SS Panzer Division)

Souvenir Savvy — You Can’t Take It With You If It’s Loaded Or Looted (Vincent Lennon)

Burma War . . . out of the jungles into the cities / By Sgt. Dave Richardson (38th Chinese Division)

Evacuation / By Pfc. Irwin Baskind (Aid Station)

Air Battle of Stavelot — While fog hugged the ground, the P-47s came down to plaster a German armored column going westward and sent it reeling toward the south. / By Sgt. Bill Davidson (Maj. John Motzenbecker, Col. Ray Stecker, Col. Gil Meyers, Maj. George Brooking, Lt. Bob Thoman, Capt. Jim Wells, Lt. Wayne Price, Maj. Arlo Henry, Capt. Neal E. Worley)

Breakthrough — These German films captured by an American division on the northern flank show how the first days of the German counterattack looked to the enemy soldiers in the bulge.

News from Home — President Roosevelt calls for national service law, reviews years of war, looks forward to peace in message to Congress. (Mrs. Wesley DeQuin, Eric H. Gimpel, William Curtis Colepaugh, Harvard Merrill Hodgkins, Mrs. G. Hobart Hitchcock, Mrs. James Stewart, Willie Mitchell, William Bioff, George Browne, Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, Father John F. Daly, James C. Petrillo, Pvt. Raymond B. Wallace)

GIs in Congress — A Pfc. And a corporal in the House. And a captain who served 50 days in the Senate, make the problems of veterans their big job. / By Cpl. Hyman Goldberg, Pfc. Debs Myers and Sgt. Richard H. Paul (Pfc. William J. Green, Cpl. Charles Melvin Price, William E. Jenner, C. Frederick Pracht, )

Mail Call

   Top Slam (358th Engr. GS Regt., Pvt. C. N. Black)

   Rear Echelon (S/Sgt. Ray Westcott)

   Atlantic Charter (T-5 T. Milton Brown)

   Greek Trouble (Pvt. Nicolas B. Jacobson, Pfc. Stemberger, T-5 Hale and T-5 Dickerman.)

   Chicken (Pfc. Andrew Vena)

   More Rotation (Sgt. Dale Lantzer)

   Small Talk (Pvt. Irving Golombek)

Demobilization Chart (T-5 Charles L. Bush, S/Sgt. William I. Cost, Pvt. Eliot B. Furrur, Cpl. Angelo R. Dintino, Pvt. William M. Dewese, Lt. Edward M. Segal, Lt. R. A. Hanson, Lt. A. M. Block, Sgt. Donald M. Marks, Pvt. E. A. Regan, Sgt. F. V. Robbins)

Whats The Deal On Veterans’ Organizations?

YANK Pin-up Girl: Candy Jones

The Sad Sack “Booby Trap” / By Sgt. George Baker

According to Plan / By Sgt. Ray Duncan

Who’s Who in Tennis (Pauline Betz, William Talbert, Pancho Segura, Lt. Seymour Greenberg, Lt Gilbert Hunt, Ens. Jack Kramer, Sgt. Frank Parker, Lt. Don McNeill, A/C Bob Falkenburg)

Sports: For Experts Only / By Sgt. Dan Polier

Sports Service Record (B-29 Waddy’s Wagon, Capt. Waddy Young)

(Pvts. Beau Jack, Bob Montgomery; S/Sgt. Joe Louis, Capt. Bud Ward, Lt. Hank Luisetti, Lt. Don Budge, Sgt. Chick Harbert, Lt. Horton Smith, Al Blozis, Pvt. Steve Sucic, Ed McKeever, Lt. Joe Maniaci, Lt. John Kimbrough, Lt. (jg) Joe Brock)

YANK Cartoons