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Vol. 4 No. 15
24 pages

Cover: Veteran of Attu, Kwajalein, Leyte and Okinawa, S/Sgt. Grayson Wilkins qualifies as a symbol of The GI’s War Against Japan (pages 2-11). The 27-year-old rifleman, who comes from Nelson, Va., was photographed on Okinawa by YANK’s Cpl. George Burns. Those scars on the stock of his M-l are the result of hits from shell fragments.

The GI’s War Against Japan

Articles Inside:

The GI’s War Against Japan – A Picture of the American Soldier’s Fight in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to Victory.

JAPAN – Some background on the history of the islands we are now occupying, from the first emperor, Jimmu, who descended from his grandmother’s heaven/ to the 124th, Hirohito, who bit off more than he could chew at Pearl Harbor. By Sgt. Al Hine

Surrender on Okinawa – Jap Army and Navy leaders in Ryukyus surrender island chain to Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell in formal ceremony, Sept. 7, 1945

The Sad Sack by Sgt George Baker

What’s Your Problem?

News From Home

Mail Call

Who Speaks the ‘Clearest’ English?

YANK Pin-up Girl: Eileen Coghlan

D. P. Dietrich By Sgt. Al Hine

Nazi Secret Weapons By Pfc. Robert Bendiner

Cartoons