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24 pages
Vol. 1 No. 30
Cover: A Hero comes home. The battle scarred cruiser San Francisco enters the harbor of the city for which she was named. Repairs were necessary following her remarkable performance against much heavier Japanese ships off Guadalcanal. ……. Navy Issue ……. Articles Inside:
The Navy Fights – Our Navy is fighting a hard-headed, hard-fisted war, making the rules as it goes. In accounts and charts of three engagements of the last year, YANK gives a composite of the war our Navy is fighting with all its strength.
A Week Of War – Clicking On All Fronts – Allies Make Global Attacks As Supply Problem Clears
Can You Top This? – Yank Bombers in 7-Day Raid Over China Knock Off 24 Zeros, Blast 10,000 Jap Troops, Smash Docks and Airports, Rain Ruin On 4 Cities – All Without Loss. By Sgt. John T. Barnes
Yanks at Home and Abroad – Our men report on the state of the world on matters ranging from G.I. reunion to wild dogs in Africa
Open Letter to a Papuan Carrier From Grateful Yanks in New Guinea. By Sgt. E. J. Kahn Jr.
You Can’t Keep the Duffeys Apart, Even In A South Pacific Battle Zone. By Sgt. Arthur Barschdorf
Crass-Words Puzzle
Men Wait for Planes in the South and Do a Little Drill on the Side. By Sgt. Al Hine
If a Mon’s a Bit Tight Wi’ Slugs He Can Get 3 MEs on One Trip
G.I. Joe “U.S. Army” By Sgt. Dave Breger
The Navy “Boot” By Sgt. Dave Breger at Great Lakes
News From Home
People Back Home
Checkerboard Strategy
This is the Navy ( Photo Pages )
The Sad Sack “Military Bearing” By Sgt. George Baker
Between the Lines
Pvt. Mulligan by Cpl. Larry Reynolds
Blow It Out Your Ballast Tanks. Calculations by Cpl. Marion Hargrove and Periscope Views by Sgt. Ralph Stein
YANK Pin-up Girl: Jane Russell
Message Center
Company Street
Double Puzzle
Words Across the Sea
The Poets Cornered
Mail Call
Strictly G.I.
“Can” Rations – Destroyer Men Tell Boudoir Stories But 18 Days at Sea Change the Scuttlebutt To Adventures Without a Heroine. By Robert L. Schwartz Y3c with artwork by Cpl. Robert Greenhalgh
The Post Exchange
Sports: Navy Deals with Nothing Less Than Champs, and the Results Speak for Themselves. By Sgt. Walter Bernstein
Cartoons