The only casualty

During the operation against Buka the only casualty for the entire Task Force was this sailor's burned finger. He points to the ship's score against the Japanese.

Photo by Sgt. Dillon Ferris

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The Bombardment of Buka

During the bombardment of Buka in the northern Solomons, this cruiser's portside guns light up the night.

Photo by Sgt. Dillon Ferris

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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.

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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.

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HUNGRY

Sad Sack - Hungry

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By Sgt. George Baker

Read more about George Baker: HERE

Nimitz

Read an article in TIME about Chester Nimitz from 26 Feb 45.

Read it: HERE

Envelopes to send a little humor home

These amazing envelopes were created by William Schmitt to mail home letters in during WWII.

See more: HERE

The PT Boat That Was Half Submarine!

The exploits of the courageous officers and men of the Navy's PT Boat Squadrons will endure as one of the most inspiring chapters in all American naval history.

For example, a PT Boat skipper, home on furlough, told of this amazing incident when
he visited the Packard plant recently . . .

"With a man-sized hole smashed in our hull, we took on a lot of water in no time at all.
"But those Packard engines, submerged until only the spark plugs and carburetors were above water, pulled us more than a mile to shore.

"Afterward,” he grinned, "the officer in charge of the engines said that if we'd gone much farther that way, he'd have had to duck his head under water to shift gears!

"The hard-hitting PT boats, powered by the engines you build, have been and will continue to be one of the most valuable weapons of this war," the lieutenant added.

Stories like this . . . told by PT men who continually "bet their lives" on the performance of these precision-built Packard marine engines . . . make us proud of being able to justify their faith so completely and so consistently.

This Ad appeared in The Saturday Evening Post 4 Aug 1945

Artist is Ben Stahl. Read more about Ben Stahl HERE.

Iwo Jima Medical Facilities

March 1945. Medical facilities, Iwo Jima plus nine. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle in the aftermath of the landing at Iwo Jima.

Photo Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society.

You can purchase this photo: Here

Red Cross Worker

Betty Sullivan, a Red Cross worker, serves coffee in the interrogation room at Kobler Field, Saipan, for a B-29 flight crew that had just returned from a bombing mission. This photo is one of a large of number of studies taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle during the latter stages of the war in the Pacific.

Photo Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society.

You can purchase this photo: Here

Nurse with wounded on Iwo Jima

March 1945, Iwo Jima. At Iwo Jima Airfield #1 a flight nurse talks with wounded Marines who are about to be evacuated by airplane. Mount Surabachi, from which the U.S. flag was first flown ten days before, can be seen in the background. This photograph is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle during the prolonged battle for Iwo Jima. She was present within nine days of the first Marine landing.

Dickey Chapelle was later killed in the Vietnam War but not before leaving us with a legacy of amazing photographs.

Read more about Dickey Chapelle: HERE

Photo Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society
You can purchase this photo at: Here

Russian Miracle Man

Read about this 17 year old kid, Constantin Kostantinov, who mowed down 74 Germans and thwarted an attack in Russia on the same day Pearl Harbor was attacked, 7 Dec 1941.

Read the article HERE

Sketch by Howard Brodie

Rough color by Todophoto.info

Anti Aircraft

Saturday Evening Post cover for 2 March 1942.

"Anti Aircraft" by Stevan Dohanos

Read more about Stevan Dohanos: Here

Bong-Ace of Aces

General Douglas MacArthur congratulates Richard I. Bong, World War II Ace of Aces from Poplar, Wisconsin after awarding him the Congressional Medal of Honor at an airstrip on Leyte Island, Philippines.

Photo Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society.

Read more about Richard Bong and his amazing record HERE.

Unfortunately Bong was killed in 1945 performing duties as a test pilot at what is now Edwards Air Force Base.

World War II Poster

This very sad poster depicts the gold star flag which families hung in their windows signifying a loss of a loved one to the war. The implication is, that talking about privileged war information can get people killed, as this dog's sailor master must have met his fate.

1940's Pin Up Art

March 1944 YANK Covers

World War II Poster

Maria Montez

Maria Montez was the YANK Pin Up Girl for 29 Nov 1942. She was a popular actress in Hollywood during WWII. She was of Spanish decent born in the Dominican Republic.

Maria made movies from 1940 to 1951. In 1942 she had just finished "Arabian Nights" when this issue of YANK came out.

Maria tragically drowned in her bathtub on 7 Sept 1951, in Paris, France. She was 39 years old.

Read more about Maria Montez: HERE

29 Nov 1942 British Editiion

Read this entire issue of YANK

HERE

These Clerks Saw Action

Desk men in MacArthur's GHQ won stripes the hard way-under fire. Read about the early days of action General MacArthur's own staff members went through before being assigned to office duties at Headquarters.

How would like to roll gasoline drums off into the Pacific waters in the middle of the night and swim them in to shore. Then roll them 2 miles inland to a hidden airbase on Timor through knee deep swamps.

Article by Sgt. Dave Richardson

Sketch by Cpl. Fred Ray AAF

Rough color by Todophoto.info

READ The Article HERE

Cover 18 Feb 1944

This rough, tough and heavily burdeded soldier is Pvt. Richard M. Moore of Baltimore, Md. attached to a Parachute Infantry regiment in New Guinea. He is pictured wearing full equipment before boarding a plane. Paratroopers in New Guinea were used with notable success in capturing Lae.

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Jungle Mop Up on New Georgia 5

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Jeep Bus

22-passenger Jeep (or did we miss one?) makes a handy portable classroom for a batch of English schoolboys out to learn how the Yanks do things.

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The Marauders

The drawing is by Sgt. John Scott for an article in YANK titled The Marauders.

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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.

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Shots

Shots
The Sad Sack by Sgt. George Baker

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On Their Way

Troops of a U. S. Army task force check their equipment en route from New Caledonia to the Solomans.

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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.

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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.

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Saturday Evening Post 6 Nov 1943

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.

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Cat Nap

With one hand ready to grab his pistol belt and holster, Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce takes a short rest on an operational flight somewhere over the South Seas area. War in the Pacific means constant readiness. Generals can't afford to sleep long.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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.

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Aren't They All

Cartoon by Pvt. Johnny Bryson

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