Friday, November 17, 2006

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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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.

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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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Monday, November 13, 2006

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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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

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

Aren't They All

Cartoon by Pvt. Johnny Bryson

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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.

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Ice on the Wings

Cartoon by Sgt. Al Kaelin

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Little Gem Pack-Pusher

Cartoon by T-5 Charles Lucksinger of ASFTC, Jackson, Miss.

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Mexican Airmen Study Radio at Scott

Men of a Mexican fighter squadron get radio pointers from 1st Lt. Franklin A. Hopkins of Scott Field.

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Mechanized War

The Sad Sack by Sgt. George Baker

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Monday, November 06, 2006

Seven Feet Three Inches

A British correspondent questions a 7' 3" Nazi. Too bad NBA.

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Rest

Moving up on Germany, soldiers rest in the hollow of a grainfield in France and some catch up on their mail.

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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.

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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.

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Howard Brodie Sketch

This nice Howard Brodie sketch is in a article about Home Towns in Wartime. It shows GIs in San Francisco.

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Dragon's Teeth

GI's pass unopposed through Siegfried dragon's teeth.

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Moselle River Crossing

The weather ws like Indian summer back home. Troops could ford the Moselle River at some points.

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Nazi Pillbox

The mouth of a Nazi pillbox gapes like an empty cave opening. Two of it's late occupants sprawl dead before it.

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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.

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