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YANK, The Army Weekly — Published Down Under

Edition: Down Under Edition

Date / Vol. / No.: October 22, 1943 · Vol. 1, No. 12

Publisher: YANK Down Under is published weekly by the enlisted men of the U.S. Army, Special Service Division, Hq., USASOS

Pages scanned: 24. Instant PDF dwonload.

Price: 4d

Managing Editor: Sgt. Joe McCarthy

Cover

Three Australian soldiers of the Ninth Division trudge along a jungle trail with rifles and gear, under the cover line “Road to Victory” and the banner “YANK Covers the Battle for Lae.” Per “This Week’s Cover,” the photo was taken by YANK Down Under’s Sgt. Dave Richardson, showing the Aussies as they moved from Malahang Mission toward Lae.

Major Articles

Race for Lae

By Sgt. Dave Richardson — First-person account of the Australian Seventh and Ninth Divisions’ jungle race to capture Lae, New Guinea.

The New Dutch Soldier

By Pvt. Albert Orbaan — Profile of the Princess Irene Brigade, the Dutch Army contingent training in England.

Censored

By Cpl. Bill Alcine — A look at how and why military censorship of GI mail works, defending the censor’s role.

The Sergeant and His Adam’s Apple Start a Sensation in China

By Sgt. Marion Hargrove — Humorous account of GIs entertaining Chinese villagers far from any beaten track.

GI Radioman Pulls a Jap’s Leg, Or Maybe the Colonel Is Pulling Ours

By Coast Guard Lookout — Tale of an Army radio operator in Alaska who impersonated Tokyo radio to taunt the Kiska garrison.

Whatever Became of the Old Fashioned Uppercut?

By O/C Ray Duncan — Comic piece on GIs’ new judo and hand-to-hand combat training changing American fighting habits.

Nazis Don’t Like Goums

By Sgt. Ralph G. Martin — Profile of French Moroccan Goum troops fighting Germans in Sicily.

Solons Still Wage Bitter Draft Battle

News roundup of Senate debate over draft deferments and manpower policy.

News From Home

State-by-state roundup of stateside news items.

Sports: Navy Carries the Ball in the South Where Duke and Georgia Tech Will Be Powers

By Sgt. Dan Polier — Preview of Southern collegiate football with Navy V-12 program players.

Art

The Sad Sack strip “Double Out” by Sgt. George Baker. Editorial cartoon “No, Tojo, you’re not just dreaming” by Cpl. Jack Krome. GI cartoons on the back cover by Pfc. Joe Dujka, Sgt. Bill Morrow, Sgt. Jack Crowe, Cpl. Ozzie St. George, and Sgt. Charles Pearson.

Pin-up

Alexis Smith

Soldier Photo

A bearded French Moroccan Goum soldier sharpening an American bayonet appears full-page alongside the “Nazis Don’t Like Goums” article.