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Vol. 1 No. 28

Cover: Winter Soldier When this picture was taken by YANK’s Sgt. Kenny, S/Sgt. Joseph Arnaldo of New Bedford, Mass., had just come off the line after 10 successive days of fighting. His hood and face covered with snow, Arnaldo had recovered from a temporary blindness when an 88 mounted on a Jerry tank was fired a few yards from him. ……. From Ireland to Italy With 34th Division Veterans

Articles Inside: …

Division Rear — The handful of rear echelon men left behind in the little Belgian village of Hotton when the Third Armored Division moved forward weren’t combat troops, but after the Germans came, these mechanics, cooks and clerks drove them out in a bitter fight. / By Sgt. Ed Cunningham (Hotton, Belgium; Docteur Paul Godenir, Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose, Capt. William L. Rodman, T-4 Paul H. Copeland, Cpl. D. A. Henrich, T-5 Peter Brokus, Pvt. Carl Hinz, Maj. Jack Fickessen, Sgt. Vern Sergent, Pvt. Hugh Lander, T-5
John Swancik, T-5 Philip Popp, Pfc. Carl Nelson, 1st Lt. Clarence M. McDonald, Pfc. Max D. Troha, Pfc. Stanley R. Presgrave, 1st Lt. William McIntosh, Warrant Officer Hugh Dramer, Sgt. Jesse W. Free, Cpl. Raymond B. Carrol, T-5 Richard A. Walter, Pfc. Edward Manfredi)

Climb to Climbach / By Sgt. Ralph G. Martin — (Task Force Blackshear, 103d Division, 411th Regiment, 614th TD Battalion, Platoon Sgt. William Tabron, Sgt. Dillard Booker, 1st Lt. Thomas Mitchell, T-5 Robert Harris, Lt. Col. Frank Pritchard, 1st Lt. Walter Smith, Third Cavalry Group, Pvt. Charlie Rattler)

‘Asked to Leave’ — The headlines screamed that Von Rundstedt was pulling out of the bulge, but these soldiers of the 17th Airborne knew that the Germans weren’t leaving voluntarily. / By Cpl. Bob Krell (Lt. Rhoades McCutcheon, 194th Glider Infantry Regiment, Capt. Bob Dukes, Capt. Gordon Gatch, Pete Schultz, Lt. Joe Thompson, Pfc. Herman Longerbeam, 2d Lt. Bob McGhee, 27th Field Artillery, Maj. Morris Anderson, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment)

Homecoming / By Sgt. Walter Bernstein (Pvt. John McDonald, Fifth Division)

Attack in the Vosges / By Sgt. Bill O’Hallaren (44th Division, XVth Corps, 1st Lt. Edward F. Kerns, Pvt. Anthony Bierylo, S/Sgt. James W. Kobbe, Pfc. Bertram Goodman, Pfc. John H. Ward, S/Sgt. Bruno Zambon)

Iron – Man Battalion / By Sgt. Joe McCarthy — The old-timers of this 34th Division outfit have sweated it out longer than any other infantrymen in Europe—three years overseas with 350 days spent in the front lines of Tunisia and Italy. (S/Sgt. Stanley Setka, S/Sgt. Jerry Snoble, Pfc. Milbum H. Henke, S/Sgt. Max Shepherd, Maj. Lloyd Shepherd, Pvt. Ralph Loy, S/Sgt. Everall Schonbrich, Pfc. John F. Weidler, S/Sgt. Ned Levinson, T-5 Raymond Sonksen, Pvt. Robert D. Booker, 164th Infantry, Americal
Division, 133d Infantry, 168th Infantry, Capt. Richard Wilkinson)

Iceland Ain’t / By Sgt. John Moran (Godafoss)

On the Line… / Sketches by Sgt. Howard Brodie (116th of the 29th Division, Pfc. Ed Peacock)

Mail Call (T/Sgt. Don D. Love, Sgt. Wilbur M. Brown, T-5 William A. Browne, Pvt. James E. Hubert, Pfc. Leo A. Makoski, T-5 Edward C. Malat, Cpl. Edward J. Mooney, Sgt. Melvin Priest, Pvt. Jerry C. Higgins, Sgt. Orval M. Hopkins, Pvt. Charles L. Nicholas, S/Sgt. Ben Knofsky, Sgt. Harry Holmer, Pvt. A. W. Knockleman, Pvt. Leonard Schonbach)

What’s Your Problem?

     RCAF Wings (S/Sgt. William Morgan)

     Travel Pay (1st Sgt. H. Schein, S/Sgt. J. A. Godon. H. H. Bridges, P. J.   Lamer, P. E. Reiche, and Cpl. R. A. McGuinness, Cpl. L. J. Perelli)

     Overseas Allotment (Pvt. M. A. Watts)

     Loss of Pay

     Blue Discharge (T-5 Harold J. Lester)

     Mustering-Out Pay (Pfc. Joseph Lowe)

News from Home — The U.S. had its eyes turned east; there were two disputes in Congress; a colonel made sporting news; a governor came out against the poll tax, and a conductor was fresh out of transfers. (Edward R. Stettinius, Henry A. Wallace, Henry Cantwell Wallace, Chiang Kai-shek, Jesse H. Jones, Alberta Vaughan, Senator James M. Mead, Adm. Ernest J. King, Gen. George C. Marshall, Sam Rayburn, Col. Larry McPhail, Dan Topping, Del Webb, Col. Jacob Ruppert, Edward G. Barrow, Joe McCarthy, Forest “Nubbins” Hoffman, Sgt. John F. Coleman, Senator Styles Bridges, Francis Van Wie)

Theater in Wartime / By Sgt. Georg N. Meyers (Bob Francis, Mary Jackson, Brock Pemberton, Alfred Alderdice, WO Irwin Shaw, Pvt. William Saroyan, John Hersey, Betty Field, Margaret Sullavan, Elliott Nugent, Audrey Christie, Fredric March, Milada Miadova, Frank Fay)

The Sad Sack “Army Economy” / By Sgt. George Baker

Leave that Post-war girl alone! / By Cpl. Bill Hennefrund (Zaza O’Hara)

YANK Pin-up Girls — Eve Whitney, Elaine Shepard, Helen O’Hara, Noreen Roth, Kay Booth

College Basketball — It’s bigger than ever in New York’s Madison Square Garden. Teams come from all over the country to play before crowds which average 16,000 a game. The man responsible for this big-city basketball boom is Ned Irish, war-time president of the Garden. He took basketball out of the gyms and dance halls, dressed it up and turned it into one of the Garden’s top attractions.

GI Tex Rickard / By Sgt. Burtt Evans (T-4 Allen La Combe, S/Sgt. Joe Louis)

Sports Service Record (Cpl. Roy (Beau) Bell, Maj. Billy Southworth Jr., “Parson” Gil Dodds, Lt. Cornelius Wormerdam,  CPO Don Durdan, Pvt. Ed Stecz, Lt. Tom Wilson, Lt. Richard Schmon, Sgt. Hector Kilrea, CPO Bob Olin, Lt. Cmdr. Matty Bell, Lt. Col. Tuss McLaughry, Mel Queen, Clyde (Bulldog) Turner, Earl (Jug) Girard, Cpl. Fritzie Zivic, Billy Arnold)

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