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April 5, 1944     Vol. 1 No. 34

The Chinese-American Air Wing Bombs the Japs

Cover : Nightmare

Floating through the ozone with the greatest of ease is Pvt. Roland “Shorty” Picard, ex-jive man from Pawtucket, R. I. now playing sax for a Special Service band somewhere in the PGC. When YANK’s capable photographer snapped this picture, “Shorty” Picard was having a nightmare. The dogface was attempting to do a very simple – but in the PGC not so simple – thing. Open a beer can. See Page 22 for more of “Shorty” and the beer situation. (The flat top can displayed is Propeller Beer)

Articles Inside:

After The Battle At Kwajalein By By Sgt. Merle Miller

Hospital on Rails By Sgt. Burgess H. Scott

First Ambulance Train In Italy Carries Wounded GIs Out Of Fighting Zone.

Imported Natives Helped GIs Transform Santo Into a Bustling Community By Sgt. Barrett McGurn

Tale of a Merchant Mariner Out on a Limb in the Atlantic By Sgt. Frank Bode

It’s Music, Maestro, Please, When the Bombers Hit Guinea By Cpl. William C. Gamble

Yanks in Italy Concoct Savory Dishes From Rations and Local Tidbits By Sgt. Burgess H. Scott

He Hunted and Skied in Alaska, So They Sent Him to the Caribbean By Pvt. Jud Cook

Teamwork in China By By Sgt. Ed Cunningham

In the Chinese-American Composite Air Wing, Chiang Kai-shek’s flyers, trained at U. S. schools, sit next to Yank pilots during bomber missions over territory held by the Japs.

Back to Grade School Goes This Tunisian Veteran By Cpl. Tom Shehan (Jean George Robinson, 11 Years Old)

Home Towns in Wartime – Boston, Mass. By Sgt. Joe McCarthy

What are Girls Wearing?

Despite the shortage of material, skirts back in America still cover the knees.

Variety Show

Mail Call

     Officer Contributions By 2d Lt. Jerome Snyder

     Chili in Italy By T/5 F. Egerter

     The Fall Guys By CpI. Melvin H. Bernstein

     Troop Rotation By Cpl. James Culverhouse

     USO Commandos By S/Sgt. Paul T. Nolan, S/Sgt. Lloyd Klaskin, CWO John H. Murphy, Sgt. Ray Lee, Sgt. Muriksgaard, Pvt. Humphrey Owen

     Mistaken Identity By Cpl. Len Anton

     “Bananas” Zeke By T-5 Ben Shraer

     Study in Pictures

Message Center

News From Home

     Post-War Planning

     War Bond Drive

     Soldier Voting

     Food Subsidies

     Hats in the Ring

Names in the News

Odds & Ends Dept.

The Sad Sack “V-Mail” By Sgt. George Baker

What’s Your Problem?

     Saluting German Prisoners By Sgt. Nat Reese

     National Guard Hash Marks By T/Sgt. Harold B. Griffin

     Epileptic Pilot

     Chess By Mail By Pfc. Gerald I. Fenton

     Dating A Nurse By Pvt. Clarence Warren

     Transfers Overseas By S/Sgt. Theodore Laux

     Chaplains By Sgt. Herbert Ranzall

Strictly GI

     Battle Lessons

     ASTP Drops 110,000

     Troop Rotation

     11,300,000 By July 1

News From Home

What goes on in your own home state

Yank Pin-up Girl: Betty Bryant

How To Vote In 11 States Holding Primary Elections In May

5 Ways to Open Beer Cans

More accidents in the PGC have been caused by clumsy beer opening than from the Liberty Boats, Baldwins and Studebakers combined. Here are five suggestions from PERSIAN PETE YANK’S expert beer opening authority.

Sports: Free-Swinging Bob Dill Got Chance To Play With Rangers Because He Slugged A Referee By Sgt. Dan Polier

Sports Service Record

YANK Cartoons