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March 29, 1944     Vol. 1 No. 33

Beachhead Action Stories: Italy and the Marshalls

Cover : A Jeep for a King

When the Shahinshah of Iran made his recent inspection trip of an American camp here he rode in a jeep for the first time in his life. The little “puddle’ jumper” fascinated the royal visitor. A few days later Major General Donald H. Connolly, Commanding Officer, P.G.C., presented the Shahinshah with a jeep on behalf of the United States Government. Sgt. Clyde Walstead of Minneapolis, Minn, was assigned as the Shahinshah’s instructor. In the picture he is explaining the jeep gear situation to His Imperial Majesty while General Connolly looks on. “His Majesty caught on fast,” says the dogface instructor, and he is mighty proud of that jeep.” Before entering the army Sgt. Walstead ran a garage in Minneapolis.

Articles Inside:

Hot Spot In Italy By Sgt. Burgess H. Scott

A report from one of the hottest corners of the earth, the narrow Allied beachhead between Anzio and Nettuno when there wasn’t an inch of territory protected from German bombs, shells, machinegun and small-arms fire.

Nurses Under Fire In Italy

Valiant Attempt of a Chicago Tovarich to Uphold the Tradition in Iran By Cpl. James P. O’Neill

A Yank in New Guinea Weds The Girl of His Dreams in Kansas By Cpl. Chuck Rathe

So Then This Little Guy Says to the Marine Sergeant

Good Neighbor Symphony By Cpl. Richard Harrity

GIs and gobs stationed in the Panama Canal Zone make music in their off-duty hours with the republic’s own orchestra.

Tito’s Army By Sgt. Walter Bernstein

The small band of freedom-loving Yugoslav men and women who started a brave fight with captured weapons against the Nazi invaders three years ago has now grown into an efficient machine of 300,000 Partisan troops.

Marshalls Massacre By Sgt. Merle Miller

The 7th Division, veterans of the Aleutians, wondered if Kwajalein would be a tougher nut to crack than Attu. But when they landed, they found that our guns and bombs had already smashed it to bits.

GI Mike (Radio Entertainment)

Mail Call

Message Center

News From Home

Names in the News

Charlie Chaplin Faces Federal Prison on Joan’s Charges

The Sad Sack “Habit” By Sgt. George Baker

Ghost Bride (Fiction)

Strictly GI

Washington O. P.

News From Home

What goes on in your own home state

Yank Pin-up Girl: Gene Tierney

The Poets Cornered

     Courage By Sgt. Harold Applebaum

     Unrelated Quatrains By Pvt. Louis Fisher

     Lightings In The Sky By T/Sgt. R H Bryson

     The Problem Of The Soldier’s Intellect By Sgt. Bob Stuart McKnight

     Tomorrow By Sgt. Carlyle A. Oberle

The Navy Takes to the Air Waves

It’s true what they say on the recruiting posters—Waves are releasing Navy men for active duty. The most active duty the Waves get is at Naval air stations. Here are six of them doing jobs sailors did last year.

Sports: Take A Quote, Please, As The Great Minds In Sports Speak By Sgt. Dan Polier

Sports Service Record

YANK Cartoons