Cover 4 May 1945 Mediterranean Edition

The weary tank commander catching fourty winks is Sgt. Westly E. Stewart of Los Angeles.  With the rest of the First Armored Division, he had just taken Vergato in the power drive of the Fifth Army's "big push" on the Bologna front in Italy.



The above precious little piece of YANK was no doubt a family treasure for the past 68 years of Stewart Family.  Westly's son contacted us on the Twitter site to see if we could locate a copy.  If anyone knows where he can get this edition let us know.

Bloody Basin

Read the short article on Bloody Basin in the war in Italy in 1944 by Sgt. Burgess Scott

Read it HERE

YANK 25 Feb 1944 Down Under Edition

Running Away

These are Germans evacuating Rome. Before any Allied troops entered the capital city, and Italian took these pictures of the withdrawing Germans from the upper story window of the house were he had concealed himself. Later he gave them to YANKs Sgt. George Aarons, who reached Rome with the first Allied patrols.

Cover 7 July 1944

When in Rome, hold a Roman baby and be popular with the populace, says Pvt. Ben Pollack who was among the first American soldiers to enter the former Axis capital.  YANK's Sgt. George Aarons photographed Pvt. Pollack standing on a motorcycle surrounded by a happy, well-dressed crowd.

The Battle of Belvedere

Read the action packed story by Sgt. James P. O'Neill about the 100th and 442nd fight one day in Italy. These are our proud "most decorated" Japanese-American soldiers who gave there all in WWII.

Read the full story of "The Battle of Belvedere" HERE

YANK 25 Aug 1944

BAR man in Italy

Pfc. Nakana cleaning his favorite weapon, a BAR.

YANK 25 Aug 1944

Pvt. Henry (Slim) Nakamora

Pvt. Henry (Slim) Nakamora smiles happily as he rests his hands on his hard-working bazooka. With this bazooka, operating the two-man weapon by himself, Slim was able to knock out a German Pz Kw IV tank.

YANK 25 Aug 1944

Security Mission

Read the exciting story submitted by Pvt. Justin Gray about a harrowing day in the Italian War.

Read the full article HERE

YANK 18 Aug 1944

Kilt Inspection

This Italian girl seems a little uncertain about the whole thing as she gives a once-over to the pleated kilts of the Highland pipe major in Rome.

YANK 4 Aug 1944

Hot Spot

A GI fires his BAR as two Italian partisans lie low behind a pile of debris. The Italians came along to guide the patrol to the concealed German positions.

The Nemi Vally, near Rome, is a pleasent center of the wine-grape business. Or was before the war moved in. Into this valley went a scouting patrol of American infantrymen, guided by Italian partisans. With them went Sgt. George Aarons, YANK photographer. The patrol found German strength much greater than expected. Its members had to fight their way out, through clearings raked by German machine-gun fire, to return to their base of operations.

YANK 30 July 1944 British Edition

French Ambulance Girls in Italy

In Italy, the gallant T-5 Sal Cannizzo helps French ambulance driver Nanou Calas with her knitting.

When the going is tough, French Ambulance Girls in Italy dream of Paris Days. Read this little story by Sgt. Ralph G. Martin.

Read the PDF page here: Page 5

Remember to zoom the PDF page to 25% or better for easy reading.

YANK 31 March 1944

Don't Cry

Don't cry, little kraut! These three plump Germans were careless; they got captured (near Anzio).

Does the guy in the middle look a little bit like Matthew Broderick ???

Photo by Sgt. George Aarons

YANK 31 March 1944

Little Joe

Little Joe with his "Guardian," T-5 Joe Fillippo. After his father and mother were killed by bombs near Anzio, he was adopted by a Yank artillery outfit.

Photo by Sgt. George Aarons

YANK 31 March 1944

Unused Nazi Pillbox

Nurses Victoria Hansen (left) and Carrie Sheetz inspect a German pillbox in the Anzio-Nettuno area of combat. It never fired.

Photo by Sgt. George Aarons

YANK 31 March 1944

Woodman, Spare That Tree

WITH THE FIFTH ARMY IN ITALY—On a tree in Naples, Cpl. Clyde L. Hardin of a Field Artillery outfit found the name and address of Pvt. Judy Brooks of the WAC, carved in deeply by some earlier passer-by.
Like any sensible GI, Hardin jotted it down and wrote her a letter Judy answered from her station in the States, and the correspondence is hot and heavy now.
Since he found her address, Hardin has moved on with his outfit from Naples into the front lines on the road to Rome. Judy, in turn, has moved from private to sergeant.

YANK 31 March 1944

Billets in a Haystack

A tank destroyer on the alert, camouflaged with hay.

These soldiers near the front in Italy have burrowed caves into a haystack.

Photo by Sgt. George Aarons

YANK 31 March 1944

Slogging along in Italy

The feet are the most depended on for transportation in Italy. This group of Yanks are packing a lot of bozookas.

YANK 17 March 1944 Down Under Edition

Forward! By rope and by foot

The Fifth Army keeps advancing through Italy. In the picture, Yanks using a pontoon as a raft to pull themselves across the Volturno River.

YANK 17 March 1944 Down Under Edition

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.

Iron Man Battalion

Iron Man Battalion

By Sgt. JOE MCCARTHY

The old-timers of this 34th Division outfit have sweated it out longer than any other infantrymen in Europe—three years overseas with 350 days spent in the front lines of Tunisia and Italy.

Read the full story:

HERE