Some wounded are evacuated. Sgt D.S. Jackson (left) killed five Japs before he was hit. Sgt. E.B. Lovett's helmet was creased by a bullet.
YANK 28 Nov 1943
The photographs in the previous five frames were taken by Sgt. John Bushemi who was later killed in the performance of his duty as a YANK photographer.
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.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Jungle Mop Up on New Georgia 4
A light machine gunner peers through the sun-flecked jungle, trying to locate a target, but the Japs, only some 50 yards away, are quiet.
YANK 28 NOv 1943
YANK 28 NOv 1943
Jungle Mop Up on New Georgia 3
Two infantrymen, Cpl. Lewis Niovich of Seanor, Pa., and S/Sgt. Anthony Cavallero of Woodbridge, N.J., lie behind a log awaiting developments.
YANK 28 Nov 1943
YANK 28 Nov 1943
Jungle Mop Up on New Georgia 2
Two gunners get their light machine gun into place behind a fallen tree and wait to open up at the first sign of Japs in front of them.
YANK 28 Nov 1943
YANK 28 Nov 1943
Jungle Mop Up on New Georgia 1
Men who call themselves "seagoing engineers" pilot small flat-bottomed boats through the island channels, carrying men and supplies.
YANK 28 Nov 1943
YANK 28 Nov 1943
Yanks for Sale
Pfc. Oscar Spielberg, who used to pedal "Duh Joinal" in the Bronx, not peddles "Stars and Stripes" and "Yank" at an 8th Air Force Fighter Station in the ETO.
YANK 28 Nov 1943
Interesting we think of something quite different when we combine the words Oscar and Spielberg today.
YANK 28 Nov 1943
Interesting we think of something quite different when we combine the words Oscar and Spielberg today.
One less Maru
The "Sukiyaki Maru" meets a bomb socially in Wewak harbor. Another tem minutes and she will meet the bottom, making that tender beside her feel very foolish.
YANK 28 Nov 1943
YANK 28 Nov 1943
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Round One-Africa
Round One. Original sketch by Cpl Fred Ray AAF.
This image depicts the early victories in Africa in 1942 with a very long way to go.
YANK 29 Nov 1942
This image depicts the early victories in Africa in 1942 with a very long way to go.
YANK 29 Nov 1942
On Their Way
Troops of a U. S. Army task force check their equipment en route from New Caledonia to the Solomans.
YANK 29 Nov 1942
YANK 29 Nov 1942
Stockings, War Style
Art. This gallery of shapely gams is being played over with a paint-spray gun to create the illusion of stockings. No more runs for the duration for this war-wise octet of Hollywood chorus cuties.
YANK 29 Nov 1942
YANK 29 Nov 1942
Jungle Pup Tents
U.S. soldiers in the Caribbean area peg down their shelter halves. Wet heat and armies of bugs make sleeping tough, but they go through it, to keep that frontier safe.
YANK 29 Nov 1942
YANK 29 Nov 1942
Monday, November 13, 2006
Front Line Chow
A Marine eats a speedy meal on Guadalcanal. Sitting on top of a trench, he can't afford to linger over lunch.
YANK 29 Nov 1942
YANK 29 Nov 1942
Feminine Touch
In a six-week maintenance course at the Ordance Automotive School, Camp Holabird, Md., WAACs are taught, among other things, to drive vehicles under what must be considered unpleasant conditions. Here, Lt. Jessie Hogan does quite all right at the wheel of a heavy-weapon carrier.
YANK 29 Nov 1942
YANK 29 Nov 1942
Claire Luce Decorated
Decorated. Actress Claire Luce returns to America from England, loaded with insignia from soldiers she'd been entertaining.
Claire made about 12 movies from 1930 to 1955. She was about 39 when this picture was taken. She passed away in New York in 1989.
YANK 29 Nov 1942
Claire made about 12 movies from 1930 to 1955. She was about 39 when this picture was taken. She passed away in New York in 1989.
YANK 29 Nov 1942
Gunners in Australia
In Australia, two master sergeants, Charles Reeves, Bakersfield, Calif., and Roland Boone, Hemet, Calif., man the machine guns of a Flying Fortress.
YANK 29 Nov 1942
YANK 29 Nov 1942
Yanks In Africa
By nature friendly guys, the Americans lose no time making friends. Here they chat, in who knows what language, to a trio of Arabs.
YANK 29 Nov 1942
YANK 29 Nov 1942
Yanks En Route
Yanks en route to Africa, an Army band plays to the troops as they stand on the decks of a British transport.
YANK 29 Nov 1942
YANK 29 Nov 1942
Friday, November 10, 2006
Read the Entire Issue of Yank 3 Nov 1944
Inside the Siegfried Line by Sgt. Mack Morriss--Page 3
Home Towns in Wartime-San Francisco by Cpl. Angus Corley--Page 6
Raid on Yochow by Sgt. Louis Stoumen--Page 8
Cameras Are Not Enough by Sgt Larry McManus--Page 10
Waiting War in Panama by Sgt. John Hay--Page 11
Mail Call--Page 14
Braidwood Commits Harry Carey by Cpl. Tom Shehan--Page 16
Camp News--Page 18
Entertainment World--Page 21
PX--Page 22
Sports--Page 23
Cartoons--Page 24
Read the entire 3 Nov 1944 issue: HERE
Home Towns in Wartime-San Francisco by Cpl. Angus Corley--Page 6
Raid on Yochow by Sgt. Louis Stoumen--Page 8
Cameras Are Not Enough by Sgt Larry McManus--Page 10
Waiting War in Panama by Sgt. John Hay--Page 11
Mail Call--Page 14
Braidwood Commits Harry Carey by Cpl. Tom Shehan--Page 16
Camp News--Page 18
Entertainment World--Page 21
PX--Page 22
Sports--Page 23
Cartoons--Page 24
Read the entire 3 Nov 1944 issue: HERE
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Jane Nigh
Jane Nigh was a Hollywood actress who was discovered in a defense plant during WWII. She played roles for Fox Studios as a redheaded sweetheart or as a spicy lady. She acted from 1944 until 1961. Her birth name was Bonnie Lenora Nigh. She died in Kern County California in 1993 of a stroke. She was about 19 when this picture was taken.
YANK 3 Nov 1944
YANK 3 Nov 1944
AAF Training Losses
In activities in the continental U. S. since Pearl Harbor, the AAF has lost 17,500 planes, an average of one plane for 4,342 hours of flight. The total includes 11,000 planes lost in wrecks, 2,500 others still useful in ground training and 4,000 worn out by training and transport flying. It has had 5,600 fatal flying accidents and about 11,000 fatalities, representing a training mortality rate of 2 percent. Since Pearl Harbor the AAF has trained and graduated 163,147 pilots (including 5,122 glider pilots). 31,293 bombardiers and 31,906 navigators.
YANK 3 Nov 1944
YANK 3 Nov 1944
Mexican Airmen Study Radio at Scott
Men of a Mexican fighter squadron get radio pointers from 1st Lt. Franklin A. Hopkins of Scott Field.
YANK 3 Nov 1944
YANK 3 Nov 1944
Monday, November 06, 2006
Cameras Are Not Enough
An Air Forces photographer acts as infantryman, medic and aerial gunner in getting his pictures of the fighting in the Pacific. Sgt. Henry B. Krush.
YANK 3 Nov 1944
YANK 3 Nov 1944
B-24 Crew
Returning from a bombing mission, the China Clipper still had one hour's flying time to go when the gas gauges read "empty." Clipper Crew. Front row, L to R: S/Sgt Winston Siebert, S/Sgt Robert Sanschagain, T/Sgt Arsenio Stabile, S/Sgt William Croner, S/Sgt Walter Salzmann, in the rear: T/Sgt Charles Barber, Lt. Frank Ciesla Jr., Lt. Robert Nolan, Lt. Charles Melville and Lt. John Charleton.
YANK 3 Nov 1944
Howard Brodie Sketch
This nice Howard Brodie sketch is in a article about Home Towns in Wartime. It shows GIs in San Francisco.
YANK 3 Nov 1944
YANK 3 Nov 1944
Moselle River Crossing
The weather ws like Indian summer back home. Troops could ford the Moselle River at some points.
YANK 3 Nov 1944
YANK 3 Nov 1944
Nazi Pillbox
The mouth of a Nazi pillbox gapes like an empty cave opening. Two of it's late occupants sprawl dead before it.
YANK 3 Nov 1944
YANK 3 Nov 1944
3 Nov 1944
During a pause in the advance toward Berlin, Pfc. Edward L. Schronce of Belmont, N.C. cleans up at a hydrant in Villedieu, France. Schronce is a member of an antitank unit.
YANK 3 Nov 1944
YANK 3 Nov 1944
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Friday, October 27, 2006
Thursday, October 26, 2006
YANK for your walls
This is a photographic presentation we created for a relative of a GI's story in YANK magazine. This image mounts into a 16x20 frame. The cover shot is to the exact size of the original YANK cover.
Deanna Durbin
Deanna Durbin
YANK Pin Up Girl 21 Jan 1945 Continental Edition
Deanna was once one of the most popular actresses in Hollywood. By age 14 she was the most highly paid female star in the world. She had a wonderful singing voice. When she was at the top of her career as Hollywood's leading actress and singer, she turned her back on that world for a life of seclusion. At this writing she is still alive and living in France. She has not been interviewed since 1949. She was about 23 or 24 in the above picture.
YANK Pin Up Girl 21 Jan 1945 Continental Edition
Deanna was once one of the most popular actresses in Hollywood. By age 14 she was the most highly paid female star in the world. She had a wonderful singing voice. When she was at the top of her career as Hollywood's leading actress and singer, she turned her back on that world for a life of seclusion. At this writing she is still alive and living in France. She has not been interviewed since 1949. She was about 23 or 24 in the above picture.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
21 Jan 1945 Continental Edition
After the Fourth Armored Division broke through to the Bastogne pocket, many German prosoners were taken. Here Pvt. Frank Kelly an MP of the Fourth, leads a group of PWs to the rear as U.S. halftracks move forward.
YANK 21 Jan 1945 Continental Edition
YANK 21 Jan 1945 Continental Edition
Read the entire issue: HERE
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Alma
The bridge above Salerno was still under fire ten days after the Allied landings. It was only harassing fire, which one dodged as one dodges traffic, yet it threatened to sever communications between the north and south forces. For days strong British patrols probed the hills behind Salerno, searching for the one 88-mm. gun which spasmodically threw its shells at the vital span linking the coastal highway. Back at headquarters a little Italian girl came in, escorted by an AMG official. " Her name's Alma," the official said. " She can tell you where that battery's located."
Alma began to speak excitedly in Italian, with gestures. A staff officer laid a large-scale map in front of her and asked her to point out the position. But Alma didn't understand the map. The staff officer explained to the AMG official that the girl's information was of no value as far as counter-firing went. Alma, when informed, offered to lead them to a hill overlooking the position. The staff officer protested that it would mean danger for her, but Alma wasn't afraid.
Not long afterward the staff officer, an artillery observer and a patrol led by a little Italian girl were climbing into the hills. A field telephone was passed to the artillery officer, who gave the command to fire. The first round was short and almost blew the men and Alma off the hill. The next two were almost on the target. They watched intently as the German crew struggled to get their 88 out of the cavern at whose mouth it had been concealed. The fourth round was a direct hit.
Alma began to speak excitedly in Italian, with gestures. A staff officer laid a large-scale map in front of her and asked her to point out the position. But Alma didn't understand the map. The staff officer explained to the AMG official that the girl's information was of no value as far as counter-firing went. Alma, when informed, offered to lead them to a hill overlooking the position. The staff officer protested that it would mean danger for her, but Alma wasn't afraid.
Not long afterward the staff officer, an artillery observer and a patrol led by a little Italian girl were climbing into the hills. A field telephone was passed to the artillery officer, who gave the command to fire. The first round was short and almost blew the men and Alma off the hill. The next two were almost on the target. They watched intently as the German crew struggled to get their 88 out of the cavern at whose mouth it had been concealed. The fourth round was a direct hit.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Soft Pinch
If only all MPs were like Republic's movie starlet Helen Talbot. If only all MPs were line Helen Talbot. If only all MPs were like Helen Talbot.
Helen was a Hollywood actress from Kansas who was credited with making at least 18 movies from 1943 to 1946. She left Hollywood behind when she married an ex navy pilot in 1946. She was about 20 when this picture was taken.
YANK 27 Oct 1944
Helen was a Hollywood actress from Kansas who was credited with making at least 18 movies from 1943 to 1946. She left Hollywood behind when she married an ex navy pilot in 1946. She was about 20 when this picture was taken.
YANK 27 Oct 1944
Mess Trench
To protect themselves from strafing by the Luftwaffe, Ninth Air Force GIs in France get their chow served from a tent-covered underground kitchen and form their chow line in a trench.
YANK 27 Oct 1944
YANK 27 Oct 1944
Persian Posters
Railroading GIs bunking at Camp Atterbury, Iran, have this homey baseball scoreboard. PX gripes get taken for a ride in the cigarette and razor-blade ads.
YANK 27 Oct 1944
YANK 27 Oct 1944
Irish
Three times 1st Sgt. Thomas E. Valentine refused to go to OCS. He feared he'd be shifted from the 27th Division, New York's Fighting Irish. His obstinacy paid off and, in the hospital with wounds received fighting at Saipan, he got a direct commission as a second lieutenant with his beloved 27th.
YANK 27 Oct 1944
YANK 27 Oct 1944
Fisherman in France
Sgt. "Hooks" Hill, a Fort Worth (Tex.) boy came to France on a tour conducted by the 3d infantry Division, pauses to drop a line in the Doube River near Avanne for old times' sake.
YANK 27 Oct 1944
YANK 27 Oct 1944