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YANK, The Army Weekly — Issue Summary

Publication: YANK, The Army Weekly
Edition: Continental Edition
Date / Vol. / No.: August 12, 1945 — Vol. 2, No. 3
Publisher: By and for the enlisted men. Published weekly by the enlisted men of the U.S. Army, for sale only to those in the armed services. Herald Building, 21 rue de Berri, Paris, France
Pages Scanned: 24. Instant PDF download.
Price: 3 Francs
Managing Editor: Sgt. Georg N. Meyers

Cover

The cover shows three barefoot boys sitting on a dock fishing on the Mississippi River, with the sternwheeler Gordon C. Greene behind them, under the line “The Mississippi in Wartime — A Picture Story, Pages 12 to 15.” Per “The Cover” note inside, the photo is a nostalgic fishing scene near Owensboro, Ky., tied to the picture story on the Mississippi by Sgt. George Aarons, who also took the cover photo.

Major Articles

The Swiss Stake
By Sgt. Ed Cunningham — Switzerland’s wartime neutrality, interned American airmen, and continuing controversy over Nazi assets in Swiss banks.

That Pacific Weather
By Sgt. Barrett McGurn — GIs shifting from the ETO to the Pacific may face harsh mountain and winter conditions rather than only jungle heat.

Nazi-Hunt in Norway
Illustrated report — Allied troops in Norway rounding up Nazi collaborators and war criminals after the German surrender.

They Thought He Was a Kraut
By Sgt. Walter Bernstein — A mistaken-identity mix-up involving Army red tape, centered on a soldier named Beamesderfer from Framingham, Mass.

Up the Mississippi
Photo essay by Sgt. George Aarons — Riding the sternwheeler Gordon C. Greene, one of America’s last river passenger steamers, up the Mississippi.

The Nisei Problem
By Pvt. James P. O’Neill — Japanese-American internees, cleared for release, face resistance from some West Coast neighbors who don’t want them to come home.

Monk Meyer
By Sgt. John McLeod — Profile of Lt. Col. Charles Robert “Monk” Meyer, the former West Point football star now serving with the 32d Division in the Philippines.

Yank Fiction
A fable-themed short story about veterans and discharge, illustrated by Sgt. Brandt.

Sports

Football preview items and profiles of college gridiron stars.

Art

Combat sketches from Okinawa and the Pacific are signed by Sgt. Berger (“1st Marine Division at Itoman, Okinawa” and similar scenes). Editorial cartoons throughout are credited to Sgt. F. Fox, A. Thurm, Cpl. Eldon Pletcher, and Sgt. Phillips, among others. The regular Sad Sack strip (“Simple Arithmetic”) is by Sgt. George Baker.

Pin-up
Andrea King.