YANK CN 1945 08 12 (PDF)

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Vol. 2 No. 3
The Mississippi in Wartime ……. Cover: A nostalgic sight for many a GI is this fishing scene on the Mississippi River near Owensboro, Ky. The kids use rods and reels instead of the old pole, line and cork. See pages 12-15 for a picture story of the Mississippi in wartime by Sgt. George Aarons. ……….. Articles Inside:

The Swiss Stake — American internees learned that not all the Swiss were yodeling the same tune; some Swiss leaders liked the way the Germans did business. Many American soldiers took it on the lam by hiding in rugs and disguising themselves as bridegrooms. / By Sgt. Ed Cunningham

That Pacific War — A Yank Pacific vet’s five-minute briefing for ETO veterans who are sweating the Jap war brings up the weather and the combat methods, which are not much different and discusses the fancy Far Eastern diseases that don’t grow in Brooklyn. / By Sgt. Barrett McGurn
Nazi-Hunt in Norway — Troops of Task Force A were trained for the invasion of Norway, but now they’re guarding objectives originally marked for Ranger demolition raids. / By Cpl. Howard Katzander
They Thought He was a Kraut — It took Cpl. Gilbert Beamesderfer 31 days to talk his way out of a U.S. Army PW camp and back to his status as just another Yank GI. / By Sgt. Walter Bernstein
Up the Mississippi — Photo Story by Sgt. George Aarons
Mail Call
‘There’ll Be No Promotion’ / By Pfc. Jay P. Hofer
Officer’s Reply / 1st Lt. John J. Masters
The Royal Works
Frauleins and Goodwill
Democratic Gentleman / Pfc. A. L. Leatherman and Pfc. John Chappell
Righteous Rubble / By Lt. R. H. Coppock
Pilsen Torture / By Pfc. Michael Oliver
Old St. Looey / By Pfc. Charles Eisen
Loud Bitch / By S/Sgt. Leon Walks
Ration Cuts / By Pvt. Philip H. Bagby
Victory Babies / Pfc. Milton J. Cunningham
Recognition Due / Sgt. George E. Freitus
Lesson for Nazis / By Cpl. Armand Leuba
Germans vs. Japs / By Pvt. Cheever Briggs
The Nisei Problem — The government has checked and double-checked these citizens of Jap descent, but some West Coast neigh­bors don’t want them to come home. / By Pvt. James P. O’Neill
YANK Pin-Up Girl – Andrea King
The Redeployment of Pvt. Ruhm / By Pfc. Robert A. Fallath
The Sad Sack “Simple Arithmetic” / By Sgt. George Baker
What’s Your Problem?
Foreign Bride / By T/Sgt. Clyde Jordan
Insurance Protection / By T/Sgt. Jack Sonnett
Mustering-out Pay / By Cpl. Herman Schultz
Housing Loan / Pvt. Paul A. Rumsey
Purple Heart / By Pvt. Charles L. Bourgoyne
The Monk (Lt. Col. Charles Robert Meyer) / By Sgt. John McLeod
YANK Cartoons