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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