Description
Vol. 3 No. 43
Cover: Front-Line Portrait of a Rifle Company Medic – The combat medic who posed for Sgt. Howard Brodie, YANK staff artist, at the Ninth Army front in Germany is Pfc. Oliver Poythress of Raleigh, N. C, attached to K Company, 406th Infantry, 102d Division. For more sketches of K Company men, see pages 2, 3 & 4.
Articles Inside:
Assault Company – Sgt. Howard Brodie, YANK artist, sketches his impressions of four hot days in action with riflemen of the 102nd Infantry Division in Germany
Goebbels Lived Here – When GIs entered the home town of the Nazi propaganda minister they found him remembered, but without affection or respect. By Cpl. Howard Katzander
Battle Chaplain – He goes up under fire without arms, listens to the TS gripes of his GIs and writes home to their families when they fall. By Cpl. George Barrett
Yanks at Home and Abroad
Less Than A Minute ( Attack on an Essex Carrier ) – A pleasant, lazy afternoon on a U.S. carrier broke up in a hurry when four Jap Bettys tore in out of nowhere to launch an attack. By Cpl. James Goble
Atlantic Vs. Pacific – Sailors who served on both oceans prefer the Atlantic; it’s safer now, the weather’s better, and shore liberty is best of all. By Pfc. Justin Gray
Your Home Town Paper – It looks just the same at first glance, but when you inspect it you find fewer pages, more women reporters, more GI news. By Sgt. Georg N. Meyers
Manila – Two of YANK’s cameramen, Sgt. Dick Hanley and Cpl. Roger Wrenn, were in on the taking of Manila. Here is the record in pictures of what they saw. ( Photo Report )
The Sad Sack by Sgt George Baker
What’s Your Problem?
Camp News
The Battle of Lexington Avenue ( Fiction ) By Cpl. Knox Burger
GI Shopping Service – Lace undies to baby boots, what you want, they’ll buy. By Cpl. Hyman Goldberg
Mail Call
Strictly GI
YANK Pin-up Girl: Dorothy Malone
The Poets Cornered
PX
Sports: Joe Cronin Thinks the Rest of the American League Will Trail the Yankees and Detroit By Cpl. Tom Shehan
Cartoons