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Vol. 3 No. 40

Cover: Pipe Swapping in Burma – During a lull in the fighting for the Burma Road north of Lashio, Cpl. William H. Castleberry of Briggsville, Ark., compares pipes with a Chinese native, who lives in the hills nearby.

Report on Two Ex-GIs Now Back in Civilian Life

Articles Inside:

Two New Civilians – To find out what happens after you’re discharged YANK visits two ex-overseas GIs and reports their adjustment to life in their old neighborhoods. By Sgt. Barrett McGurn

Carrier Off Japan – When the air-crewmen came back from their low-level raids, the thing they talked about most was the lack of Jap air opposition. By Cpl. James Goble and Artwork by By Sgt. Robert Greenhalgh

Truck Convoy to China – After three long years the land route is open again. By Sgt. Dave Richardson …..

Bull Sessions On Replacements – Training for combat, according to veterans in Italy, should be a hell of a lot more realistic and a hell of a lot more through. By Cpl. William Regan

London Building Boom – Combat engineers apply the TNT techniques they’ll use later in battle to the job of cleaning up the blitzed capital of Britain. By Sgt. Francis Burke

A Letter To Von Papen By Sgt. Saul Levitt

Funafuti Sketches – Sgt. Art Weithas, YANK staff artist, gives his impression of a Pacific island where troops sweat out the war in more ways than one.

Mud and Flood on the Western Front ( Photo Report )

The Sad Sack by Sgt George Baker

The Merchant of Sleeper’s Cove ( Fiction ) By Sgt. Georg N. Meyers

Camp News

Winnie the WAC Gets Aberdeen Award

Refugee Camp – Poles and Belgians, Russians and French, freed from German slave labor, take the first step here on the way to their homelands. By Sgt Ed Cunningham

Mail Call

YANK Pin-up Girl: Lucille Ball

Jazz – Popular music back home hasn’t changed much. The same familiar bands play the new hit tunes. By Sgt. Al Hine

PX

Sports: Bob Quinn Looks Back on His 54 Rugged Years in Baseball By Cpl. Tom Shehan

Cartoons