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Vol. 3 No. 32 ……. The American Jet Plane and What Makes it Fly ……. Cover: Two Props and a Jet ….. Flying staggered echelon with two sister ships from Bell Aircraft, the jet-propelled P-59 Airacomet fighter-trainer (bottom) shows her lines alongside those of the P-39 Airacobra (top) and the P-63 Kingcobra (middle). What makes the “jet job” fly is told on pages 2, 3 and 4. ……. Articles Inside: …

Jet Plane – This propellerless job, though still a subject for whispers, has been out of the lab many months, carrying our flying men higher and faster than they have ever flown before. By Sgt. Georg N. Meyers

Another Winter – Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark sizes up the tough job in Italy. By Sgt. Jack Denton Scott and photo by Pvt. George Aarons

Combat Virgins – When the green 96th Division on Leyte met the Japs, almost every man found action was different from what he expected. By Sgt. Barrett McGurn and photos by Mason Pawlak CPhoM

Hot Time in Belgium – When the Germans launched their big push in the West, a lot of GIs who had planned a Paris holiday found that they didn’t to hunt for excitement. By Sgt. Ed Cunningham

Yanks at Home Abroad Photos by Pvt. Charles Schonert and Sgt. Nat Eisenberg

Germany’s Human Moles By Saul Levitt

Seeing Ceylon ( Photo Story ) By Sgt. Dave Richardson

Mail Call

Stateside News

The Sad Sack “Up and Out” by Sgt. George Baker

What’s Your Problem?

Strictly G.I.

News From Home

YANK Pin-up Girl: Candy Jones

Dudley Wintergreen in the Pacific

Off Season is on Again

Sports – The 4-F Athlete Takes Another Physical. By Sgt. Dan Polier

Sports Service Record

Cartoons