These tank destroyers accompanying the Eighth Infantry Division, First Army, down the main street of Duren, Germany, are the first U. S. armored vehicles to enter the ruined queen city of the Roer.
YANK 11 March 1945 Continental Edition
Excerpts and pictures from the soldier's "Yank" Magazine as well as other references of the life and times of the World War II era.
Showing posts with label Yank Covers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yank Covers. Show all posts
Monday, March 04, 2013
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Cover 25 Feb 1944 Down Under Edition

The Jap 75mm antiaircraft gun of 1928 vintage was captured in New Guinea and sent by Ordnance Intelligence men to an information and testing lab in Australia. T-4 Newton W. Smith of East Orwell, Ohio, and T/Sgt. Charles L. Merrill of New Berry, S. C., are shown learning the gun's operation.
YANK 25 Feb 1944 Down Under Edition
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Happy Valentines Day
This weeks cover is Audrey McClure, wife of M/Sgt. James H. McClure of Chevy Chase, Md. Her beauty and "All-American" charm won her first place in the YANK Sweetheart Contest over 2,500 sweethearts, wives, and sisters left behind by GIs in the Southwest Pacific.
YANK 18 Feb 1944 Down Under Edition
YANK 18 Feb 1944 Down Under Edition
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Cover 1 Sept 1944
His carbine resting within easy grabbing distance, Pfc. Russell Smith of my Monona, Iowa, toys with a light lunch of K rations in his foxhole near La Haye du Puits, better known as Hooey La Pooey, France. The cigar and the battered topper were found by Smith in an abandoned Nazi dugout. The picture was taken by Yank photographer Sgt. Reg Kenny.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
YANK Cover 27 Aug 1944 British Edition
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Cover 25 Aug 1944

Photo by YANK photographer Sgt. Bill Young.
YANK 25 Aug 1944
Cover 25 Aug 1944 Down Under Edition

YANK 25 Aug 1944 Down Under Edition
Thursday, August 20, 2009
YANK Cover 20 Aug 1944 British Edition
Monday, August 17, 2009
YANK Cover 18 Aug 1944
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
YANK Cover 11 Aug 1944 Down Under Edition

Photo by Sgt. Dick Hanley
YANK 11 Aug 1944 Down Under Edition
YANK Cover 11 Aug 1944

YANK 11 Aug 1944
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Cover 4 Aug 1944 Down Under Edition
Cover 4 Aug 1944
Friday, July 31, 2009
Friday, August 10, 2007
Yank Cover
Sunday, March 18, 2007
19 March 1944 British Edition

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Thursday, March 08, 2007
17 March 1944

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