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March 22, 1944     Vol. 1 No. 32

Modern Living on a Beachhead in Bougainville

Cover: Here is the type of glamour you meet in Iran. Two winsome, shy maidens from one of the oldest towns in the world. These lasses are not pin-ups from the Hollywood point of view; they represent an era that today is looked upon as ancient and a little silly. But someday Chilli Johnson, our pin-up dream may be just as ancient and maybe sillier

Articles Inside:

Modern Living on a Beachhead in Bougainville

Like Shooting Fish In A Barrel

At one South Pacific island when marines get a hankering for fish as a change of diet they go out shooting for them. Using captured Jap rifles and ammunition and an amphibious tractor instead of a rowboat, they fire into shallow water near the fish. The fish are stunned by the concussion and then scooped in.

Raiding the Marshalls Was Plenty Tough But Talking About It Was Tougher By Sgt. Hobert Skidmore

Fortress Bombardier Near Sardinia Has To Adopt a New Mode of Speech

Marines at Cape Gloucester Seize Jap Truck Intact and Put It to Work By Cpl. Ozzie St. George

This Far-Sighted Yank in Tunis Has His Plans for Post-War World

Barracudas – The First Outfit of Negro Marines is Itching For Action. By Sgt. Robert Ryan

Mr. Abner W. Sandfly By Sgt Daniel P. Garduno

GI Artist Fights Sandfly and Goldbrick Session in a Nice Atmosphere.

Flight Surgeon

Back in the States, GIs griped about the way he handled their goldbrick ailments on sick call. But
now when their plane hits the runway after a tough combat mission, he is usually the first man they want to see.

How To Vote In the State Elections

GIs from Illinois, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Louisiana can cast ballots in April.

Center-fold Map Central Europe & The Mediterranean

Mail Call

Message Center

News From Home

Names in the News

Odds & Ends Dept.

Mary Ann: A Horse on the Draft Board

The Sad Sack “News” By Sgt. George Baker

What’s Your Problem?

Post-War Education By Pvt. Joe Pompura

ASTP Graduates By Pfc. George Ritzert

Benefits for Girl Friends?

Bond Purchases By Pvt. Gilbert V. Garcia

Paratroop Rating

Strictly GI

     Mustering-Out Pay

     New AEF Policy

     OCS Cuts

     Marshalls Invaders

     Speeding Pension Claims

     GI Shop Talk

News From Home

What goes on in your own home state

Yank Pin-up Girl: Chili Williams

What goes on in the Entertainment World back home

In This Corner . . . A Half Dozen Champs

Sports: Life Is Rough In Iran For This Umpire Lover By Cpl. James P. O’Neill

Sports Service Record

YANK Cartoons