YANK MD 1945 10 26 (PDF)

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Vol. 2 No. 35 ……. Cover: A Picture Story of TVA – This scene shows a high-power TVA transmission line running through a Tennessee Valley rural area, symbolic of the benefits that have come from the world’s first attempt to develop, an entire region. ……. Articles Inside:

Tojo’s Near Miss – One of the two photographers who were present when ex-Premier Hideki Tojo tried to commit streamlined hara-kiri with a .32, YANK’s Sgt. George Burns reports, in pictures and story, how the event appeared to American correspondents on the spot.

Second-Hand Rose – The GI nickname, Tokyo Rose, just meant a radio voice, but newsmen in Japan found a girl to fit. ( Iva Toguri ) / By Sgt. Dale Kramer

War Crimes Trial in Rome – First Nazi General to face U.S. Military Commission gets death sentence. Photos by Sgt. Charles James

General Marshall Reports – The Chief of Staff, in the third of his biennial reports, presents some of his views on the war just won and on the role of the Army in the years to come. YANK reprints extracts

The Sad Sack by Sgt George Baker

What’s Your Problem?

TVA ( Photo Report )

Mail Call

YANK Pin-up Girl: Daun Kennedy

Drummer Man ( Ray McKinley ) / By Sgt. Al Hine

The Atom and the Army – Though our atomic bomb has startled the world, the Army probably will take it in stride. Nothing can ever quite disintegrate the Customs of the Service. / By Sgt. Ray Duncan

Sports: Hot-Stove League / By Sgt. John Ebinger

Comics