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Vol. 2 No. 23 … Back to the States ……….. 1st Armored Division GI goes up gangplank to board troop transport for home. YANK Staff Photographer Sgt. Don Breimhurst took this picture in crowded Naples harbor as this tankman, followed by a Nisei of the 442d – and hundreds of other GIs – hurried aboard for the 11 day voyage home. Other pics, pages 10 -12
Articles in this Issue:
War For Oil — One of the biggest prizes of the early Jap offensives in the Pacific was the rich oil land of the Netherlands East Indies. Now Yanks and Aussies are winning it back to help supply the tremendous needs of the Tokyo-bound Allied war machine. / By Sgt. Dale Kramer
Maedchen In Uniform — German SS women in PW camps hate their American captors, still believe the Nazi nonsense and want to go back to Germany / By Sgt. George Barret
The Picture Business — War-time restrictions result in sets made from chewing gum and glue, but cameras bravely continue to grind out epic after epic. / By Pvt. James P. O’Neill
Overland to Davao — It was a rough road and a long one and at the end there were still Japs to be rooted out, but Yanks took and held the last major Jap stronghold. (Pfc. John Holt, Pvt. James Carney and M/Sgt. Alfred Sousa)/ By Sgt. John McLeod
Going Home — by boat (T/4 Alfred E. Last and Pft. John Snider)
Going Home — by plane (Pvt. Charles McCarthy) / Photos by Sgt. Don Breimhurst
Issue Girl Friend (Margie Stewart) / By Cpl. John Haverstick
The Sad Sack “Strictly Private” / By Sgt. George Baker
A Visit to Pontedera / By Sgt. Meyer L. Stein
Welcome Home / By Sgt. Len Zinberg
Mail Call
Italian People / By 1st Lt. C. Gochis
Fraternization / By Sgt. Jacob Vandervate
Max Schmeling / By Lt. Martin Greenberg
Our Uniform / By 2nd Lt. William T. Walters
10-in-1 Cigarettes / By Pvt. A. L. Thornbell
Bags for Pin-Ups / By Pvt. James E. Giabret and Pvt. Richard C. Wilson
Discharge Pin / By Frank M. Lefor
Red-baiting / By Sgt. N. M. Greene
Movies / By Cpl. Ken Robinson
Furlough Pay / T/3 Wilson Waring
The New Army
American Womanhood
Alaska Not Overseas / By Sgt. Pete Moss
The Next Champ / By Cpl. Mario Graham
Railroad Men / By Sgt. George A. Finn
He Likes It / by William E. Donahue ARM1c
The United Nations – Structure and Function — How Security Council would operate against an aggressor
The Soldier Speaks: Do you like what you see in the movies?
Are You Kidding? / By T/5 Martin H. Slobodkin
Misplaced Halos / By Pfc. Leonard Vilinsky
Make It Real / By Pvt. Edward Frank
Listen to the Soldiers / By Cpl. Ray Lowery
Hollywood Innocence / By Cpl. Herbert Joffee
The High Horse / By S/Sgt. Gabe Sanders
People on the Home Front (Ruth Moss) / By Sgt. Bill Davidson
Stratford-on-the-Beam / By Cpl. Edmund Antrobus
Sewell’s Choice (Luke Sewell) / By Cpl. Tom Shehan
YANK Pin-up Girl – Sheila Ryan