Description

24 pages
Vol. 1 No. 32
Cover: Guadalcanal Armorer – Dressed for the climate – and the Japs – this U.S. Army armorer gets an Aircobra’s wing guns into condition for another battle. ( Turn to the center spread for two more pages of photos from Guadalcanal. )

Articles Inside:

No Man’s Land – Life is Rugged in the Andreanofs But, Brother, It’s a Laugh When You Think Of Those Japs Stuck On Kiska. By Sgt. Georg N. Meyers

Soviet Strategy – Russia’s Victories in the Caucasus Prove Soundness of Planning and Pave Way for Thrust Into Europe.

Hot Bridge ( YANK’s First Fiction ) By Sgt. Harry Brown and Illustrated by Pvt. Jack Ruge

Yanks at Home and Abroad – Our men report on the state of the world on matters ranging from Raids in Tunisia To Inventive G.I.

An Eyewitness Account Reveals How We’re Blasting Jerry in Tunisia. By Sgt. James Burchard

When This Sergeant Has A Day Off He Dreams of the Boat of Tomorrow. By Cpl. Jack Kanter

P.S. Nothing Ever Happens Here Except An Air Raid Every Day or So. By Sgt. Mack Morriss

G.I. Joe “A.P.O.” By Sgt. Dave Breger

Song of the Infantry. By O/C Gordon Strauss

Yanks at Home and Abroad – The Chaplain’s Lot Is Not Easy Which So Much To Do With So Little

Detroit Cat Has G.I. Kittens Somewhere in the Middle East

Words Across the Sea

Grasshopper Planes. By S/Sgt. Sam A. Ilitzky

Jungle Warfare in New Guinea Offers Challenge Even to Hollywood. By Sgt. E. J. Kahn Jr.

In the Daytime, at Least, Iceland’s a Thumber’s Paradise

News From Home

Guadalcanal Battleground ( Photo Pages )

The Sad Sack “Latrine Orderly” By Sgt. George Baker

Between the Lines

“We Did It Before-” Classification charts drawn by Sgt. Ralph Stein. Personnel records filed by Sgt. Frank Brandt

Current Events Quiz. By Sgt. Irving L. Field

Cartoons

Company Street

Message Center

The Poets Cornered

Mail Call

Strictly G.I.

Jinx Flight – Nine Men Played Peek-a-Boo With Death Over Rangoon – And Lived to Tell the Tale. By Sgt. Ed Cunningham

The Post Exchange

Sports: Colored Players May Find Their Way Into the Major Leagues. By Sgt. Walter Bernstein

1,500 Horses With Good Appetites Stranded in Raceless Florida

Sport Shorts

YANK Pin-up Girl: Sylvia Opert