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Revision as of 07:05, 16 October 2019
Yank, the Army Weekly was a weekly magazine published by the United States military during World War II. Founded and edited by Major Hartzell Spence (1908-2001), the magazine was written by enlisted rank soldiers only and was made available to the soldiers, sailors, and airmen serving overseas. It was published at facilities around the worldΓÇöBritish, Mediterranean, Continental, and Western PacificΓÇöfor a total of 21 editions in 17 countries. Yank was the most widely read magazine in the history of the U.S. military, achieving a worldwide circulation of more than 2.6 million. Each issue was priced at five cents because it was felt that if soldiers paid, they would have a higher regard for the publication. Each issue was edited in New York City and then shipped for printing around the world where staff editors added local stories. The last issue was published in December 1945. Scott Corbett (later known as a writer of novels for children) served as the last editor.
Sketch artists such as Robert Greenhalgh and Howard Brodie worked on the magazine which also featured the "G.I. Joe" cartoons by Dave Breger and the Sad Sack cartoons by Sgt. George Baker. Noted artist and author Jack Coggins spent over two years with Yank, first in New York, then in London; during his time with Yank he produced illustrations and articles featured in more than 24 issues.
The August 2, 1945 issue contained an article about women contributing to the war effort at home and Yank's cover showed a then-unknown Marilyn Monroe (under the name Norma Jean Dougherty) on the assembly line at the Radio Plane munitions factory in Burbank, California. For the then-wife of Merchant Marine James Dougherty, the photo opened the door for her to become one of the most famous actresses in Hollywood history.
One of the most popular "morale boosters" for the men in the armed forces was the inclusion of a pin-up girl in each issue who was usually clad either in a bathing suit or a some form of seductive attire. Many of the pin-up girls featured were the biggest stars of stage and screen of the day and included:
Sorted by Last name, first name (1/17/2008)
- Acquanetta WikiLink 29 Sep 1944
- Ramsay Ames WikiLink 24 Dec 1943, 20 Apr 1945,4 May 1945
- Dusty Anderson WikiLink 27 Oct 1944, 14 Dec 1945
- Gloria Anderson (No info @ WP) 31 Mar 1944, 16 Apr 1944
- Evelyn Ankers WikiLink 13 Jul 1945
- Vivian Austin (No info @ WP) 9 Nov 1945
- Bettye Avery (No info @ WP) 29 Oct 1943
- Lauren Bacall WikiLink 26 Nov 1944
- Lucille Ball WikiLink 23 Mar 1945
- Lynn Bari WikiLink 13 Oct 1944
- Barbara Bates WikiLink 1 Jun 1945
- Anne Baxter WikiLink 9 Apr 1943
- Belita WikiLink 22 Sep 1944
- Ingrid Bergman WikiLink 28 Apr 1944, 16 Mar 1945
- Julie Bishop WikiLink 1 Sep 1944
- Vivian Blaine WikiLink 18 Aug 1944, 1 Sep 1944
- Janet Blair WikiLink 11 Aug 1944
- Kay Booth (No info @ WP) 26 Jan 1945
- Sherry Britton WikiLink 9 Dec 1945
- Hazel Brooks WikiLink 22 Dec 1944
- Leslie Brooks (No info @ WP) 7 Apr 1944
- Betty Bryant WikiLink 3 Mar 1944
- Delma Byron (No info @ WP) 25 Mar 1945
- Janis Carter WikiLink 5 Jan 1945
- Marguerite Chapman WikiLink 1 Oct 1943, 17 Nov 1944, 18 May 1945
- Pat Clark WikiLink 9 Feb 1945, 16 Nov 1945
- Ernie Clarke (No info @ WP) 26 May 1944
- Eileen Coghlan (No info @ WP) 14 Sep 1945
- Lois Collier WikiLink 21 Jan 1944
- Peggy Corday WikiLink 23 Jun 1944, 2 Jul 1944
- Ann Corio WikiLink 23 Sep 1943
- Mildred Cowles (No info @ WP) Unknown
- Jeanne Crain WikiLink 30 Jun, 1944, Aug 1945
- Betty Ann Cregin WikiLink 7 Dec 1945
- Linda Christian WikiLink Unknown
- Rita Daigle WikiLink 15 Dec 1944, 31 Dec 1944
- Patricia Dane WikiLink 28 Jan 1944
- Linda Darnell WikiLink 12 May 1944
- Dorothy Day (No info @ WP) 13 Aug 1943
- Yvonne DeCarlo WikiLink 9 Jun 1944
- Gloria DeHaven WikiLink 22 Jun 1945, 6 Jul 1945
- Jo-Carroll Dennison WikiLink 30 Jul 1943
- Dona Drake WikiLink 23 Apr 1943
- Deanna Durbin WikiLink 19 Jan 1945
- Jinx Falkenburg (No info @ WP) 27 Apr 1945, 11 May 1945
- Carole Gallagher WikiLink 11 Feb 1944
- Mary Ganley WikiLink 15 Sep 1944, 10 Nov 1944
- Ava Gardner WikiLink 6 Aug 1943
- Judy Garland WikiLink Unknown
- Cindy Garner WikiLink 6 Apr 1945
- Frances Gifford WikiLink 14 May 1943
- Betty Grable WikiLink 25 Jun 1943, 26 Nov 1943
- Betty Jane Graham (No info @ WP) 15 Sep 1944
- Angela Greene (No info @ WP) 14 Jul 1944
- Anne Gwynne WikiLink 3 Dec 1943, 11 Jun, 1944
- June Haver WikiLink 2 Mar 1945
- Susan Hayward WikiLink 26 Oct 1945
- Rita Hayworth WikiLink 7 Jul 1944
- Martha Holliday WikiLink 21 Dec 1945
- Mary Anne Hyde WikiLink 28 Oct 1942
- Adele Jergens WikiLink 20 Jul 1945, 2 Nov 1945
- Candy Jones WikiLink 12 Jan 1945, 26 Jan 1945, 30 Nov 1945
- Virginia Kavanaugh WikiLink 15 Jun 1945, 29 Jun 1945
- Daun Kennedy (No info @ WP) 19 Oct 1945
- Evelyn Keyes WikiLink 4 Mar 1944
- Andrea King WikiLink 17 Aug 1945
- Elyse Knox WikiLink 22 Oct, 1943, 20 Oct 1944
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- Hedy Lamarr WikiLink 7 May, 1943 , 12 Nov 1943
- Dorothy Lamour WikiLink Unknown
- Carole Landis WikiLink 2 Apr 1943
- Joan Lawrence (No info @ WP) 28 Jul 1944
- Joan Leslie WikiLink 28 Sep 1945
- Diana Lewis WikiLink 31 Dec 1943, 8 Dec 1944
- Marjorie Lord WikiLink 4 Jun 1943
- Selene Mahri (No info @ WP) 1 Dec 1944
- Dorothy Malone WikiLink 18 May 1945
- Gail Manners WikiLink 24 Oct 1943
- Irene Manning WikiLink 24 Mar 1944
- Madelan Mason WikiLink 6 Jul, 1945
- Marilyn Maxwell WikiLink Unknown
- Virginia Mayo WikiLink 14 Jan 1944
- Grace McDonald (No info @ WP) 9 Jul 1943, 25 Aug 1944, 8 Sep 1944
- Doris Merrick (No info @ WP) 30 Apr 1943
- June Millarde WikiLink 25 May 1945
- Ann Miller WikiLink 29 Jun 1945, 13 Jul 1945
- Lorainne Miller WikiLink Unknown
- Marilyn Monroe WikiLink 2 Aug, 1945
- Maria Montez WikiLink 29 Nov 1942
- Dolores Moran WikiLink 6 Apr 1943, 9 Apr 44
- Diana Mumby (No info @ WP) 4 Aug 1944
- Jane Nigh WikiLink 3 Nov 1944
- Virginia O'Brien WikiLink 25 Feb 1944
- Martha O'Driscoll WikiLink 23 Mar 1945
- Helen O'Hara (No info @ WP) 26 Jan 1945
- Sylvia Opert WikiLink 1 Jan 1943
- Jean Parker WikiLink 8 Sep 1944
- Susan Peters WikiLink 2 Jul 1943
- Nancy Porter WikiLink 8 Jun 1945
- Frances Rafferty WikiLink 16 Sep 1943, 12 Oct 1945
- Ella Raines WikiLink 2 Jun 1944, 17 Aug 1945
- Jane Randolph WikiLink 17 Jun, 1942
- Donna Reed WikiLink 2 Nov 1945, 21 Dec 1945
- Elaine Riley WikiLink 6 Oct 1944
- Gale Robbins WikiLink 21 Apr 1944
- Jean Rogers WikiLink 16 Jul 1943
- Lina Romay WikiLink 18 May 1945
- Noreen Roth (No info @ WP) 26 Jan 1945
- Jane Russell WikiLink 21 Sep 1945
- Sheila Ryan WikiLink 7 May 1944, 27 Jul 1945
- Ann Savage WikiLink 4 Feb 1944
- Lizabeth Scott WikiLink 7 Jan 1945, 2 Feb 1945, 11 Feb 1945, 23 Nov 1945
- Toni Seven WikiLink 25 May, 1945
- Elaine Shepard (No info @ WP) 26 Jan 1945, 14 Sep 1945
- Hilda Simms (No info @ WP) 16 Feb 1945, 25 Mar 1945
- Alexis Smith WikiLink 9 Mar 1945
- Juanita Stark (No info @ WP) 8 Oct 1943
- K. T. Stevens WikiLink 19 May 1944, 25 Jun 1944
- Gale Storm WikiLink 10 Mar 1944
- Gene Tierney WikiLink 25 Feb 1944, 25 May 1945
- Audrey Totter WikiLink 24 Aug 1945
- Colleen Townsend WikiLink 29 Dec 1944
- Jean Trent WikiLink 13 Jan 1945, 30 Mar 1945
- Lana Turner WikiLink Unknown
- Dorothy Van Nuys (No info @ WP) 22 Jun 1945
- Martha Vickers WikiLink 17 Nov 1944, 11 May 1945, 18 May 1945
- June Vincent WikiLink 21 Jul 1944
- Frances Vorne WikiLink 23 Feb 1945
- Cheryl Walker WikiLink 16 Jun 1944
- Eve Whitney WikiLink 26 Jan 1945
- Wilde Twins WikiLink 3 Aug 1945
- Chili Williams WikiLink 18 Feb 1944
- Esther Williams WikiLink 17 Mar 1944, 14 Apr 1944, 5 Oct 1945, 12 Oct 1945
- Nan Wynn WikiLink 11 Jun 1943
- Audrey Young WikiLink 30 Nov 1945
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Sorted by First name last name (1/17/2008)
- Acquanetta WikiLink 29 Sep 1944
- Adele Jergens WikiLink 20 Jul 1945, 2 Nov 1945
- Alexis Smith WikiLink 9 Mar 1945
- Andrea King WikiLink 17 Aug 1945
- Angela Greene (No info @ WP) 14 Jul 1944
- Ann Corio WikiLink 23 Sep 1943
- Ann Miller WikiLink 29 Jun 1945, 13 Jul 1945
- Ann Savage WikiLink 4 Feb 1944
- Anne Baxter WikiLink 9 Apr 1943
- Anne Gwynne WikiLink 3 Dec 1943, 11 Jun, 1944
- Audrey Totter WikiLink 24 Aug 1945
- Audrey Young WikiLink 30 Nov 1945
- Ava Gardner WikiLink 6 Aug 1943
- Barbara Bates WikiLink 1 Jun 1945
- Belita WikiLink 22 Sep 1944
- Betty Ann Cregin WikiLink 7 Dec 1945
- Betty Bryant WikiLink 3 Mar 1944
- Betty Grable WikiLink 25 Jun 1943, 26 Nov 1943
- Betty Jane Graham (No info @ WP) 15 Sep 1944
- Bettye Avery (No info @ WP) 29 Oct 1943
- Candy Jones WikiLink 12 Jan 1945, 26 Jan 1945, 30 Nov 1945
- Carole Gallagher WikiLink 11 Feb 1944
- Carole Landis WikiLink 2 Apr 1943
- Cheryl Walker WikiLink 16 Jun 1944
- Chili Williams WikiLink 18 Feb 1944
- Cindy Garner WikiLink 6 Apr 1945
- Colleen Townsend WikiLink 29 Dec 1944
- Daun Kennedy (No info @ WP) 19 Oct 1945
- Deanna Durbin WikiLink 19 Jan 1945
- Delma Byron (No info @ WP) 25 Mar 1945
- Diana Lewis WikiLink 31 Dec 1943, 8 Dec 1944
- Diana Mumby (No info @ WP) 4 Aug 1944
- Dolores Moran WikiLink 6 Apr 1943, 9 Apr 44
- Dona Drake WikiLink 23 Apr 1943
- Donna Reed WikiLink 2 Nov 1945, 21 Dec 1945
- Doris Merrick (No info @ WP) 30 Apr 1943
- Dorothy Day (No info @ WP) 13 Aug 1943
- Dorothy Lamour WikiLink Unknown
- Dorothy Malone WikiLink 18 May 1945
- Dorothy Van Nuys (No info @ WP) 22 Jun 1945
- Dusty Anderson WikiLink 27 Oct 1944, 14 Dec 1945
- Eileen Coghlan (No info @ WP) 14 Sep 1945
- Elaine Riley WikiLink 6 Oct 1944
- Elaine Shepard (No info @ WP) 14 Sep 1945, 26 Jan 1945
- Ella Raines WikiLink 2 Jun 1944, 17 Aug 1945,
- Elyse Knox WikiLink 22 Oct, 1943, 20 Oct 1944
- Ernie Clarke (No info @ WP) 26 May 1944
- Esther Williams WikiLink 17 Mar 1944, 14 Apr 1944, 5 Oct 1945, 12 Oct 1945
- Eve Whitney WikiLink 26 Jan 1945
- Evelyn Ankers WikiLink 13 Jul 1945
- Evelyn Keyes WikiLink 4 Mar 1944
- Frances Gifford WikiLink 14 May 1943
- Frances Rafferty WikiLink 16 Sep 1943, 12 Oct 1945
- Frances Vorne WikiLink 23 Feb 1945
- Gale Robbins WikiLink 21 Apr 1944
- Gail Manners WikiLink 24 Oct 1943
- Gale Storm WikiLink 10 Mar 1944
- Gene Tierney WikiLink 25 Feb 1944, 25 May 1945
- Gloria Anderson (No info @ WP) 31 Mar 1944, 16 Apr 1944
- Gloria DeHaven WikiLink 22 Jun 1945, 6 Jul 1945
- Grace McDonald (No info @ WP) 9 Jul 1943
- Hazel Brooks WikiLink 22 Dec 1944
- Hedy Lamarr WikiLink 7 May, 1943, 12 Nov 1943
- Helen O'Hara (No info @ WP) 26 Jan 1945
- Hilda Simms (No info @ WP) 25 Mar 1945, 16 Feb 1945
- Ingrid Bergman WikiLink 28 Apr 1944, 16 Mar 1945
- Irene Manning WikiLink 24 Mar 1944
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- Jane Nigh WikiLink 3 Nov 1944
- Jane Randolph WikiLink 17 Jun, 1942
- Jane Russell WikiLink 21 Sep 1945
- Janet Blair WikiLink 11 Aug 1944
- Janis Carter WikiLink 5 Jan 1945
- Jean Parker WikiLink 8 Sep 1944
- Jean Rogers WikiLink 16 Jul 1943
- Jean Trent WikiLink 13 Jan 1945, 30 Mar 1945
- Jeanne Crain WikiLink 30 Jun, 1944, Aug 1945
- Jinx Falkenburg (No info @ WP) 27 Apr 1945, 11 May 1945
- Joan Lawrence (No info @ WP) 28 Jul 1944
- Joan Leslie WikiLink 28 Sep 1945
- Jo-Carroll Dennison WikiLink 30 Jul 1943
- Juanita Stark (No info @ WP) 8 Oct 1943
- Judy Garland WikiLink Unknown
- Julie Bishop WikiLink 1 Sep 1944
- June Haver WikiLink 2 Mar 1945
- June Millarde WikiLink 25 May 1945
- June Vincent WikiLink 21 Jul 1944
- K. T. Stevens WikiLink 19 May 1944, 25 Jun 1944
- Kay Booth (No info @ WP) 26 Jan 1945
- Lana Turner WikiLink Unknown
- Lauren Bacall WikiLink 26 Nov 1944
- Leslie Brooks (No info @ WP) 7 Apr 1944
- Lina Romay WikiLink 18 May 1945
- Linda Christian WikiLink Unknown
- Linda Darnell WikiLink 12 May 1944
- Lizabeth Scott WikiLink 7 Jan 1945, 2 Feb 1945, 11 Feb 1945, 23 Nov 1945
- Lois Collier WikiLink 21 Jan 1944
- Lorainne Miller WikiLink Unknown
- Lucille Ball WikiLink 23 Mar 1945
- Lynn Bari WikiLink 13 Oct 1944
- Madelan Mason WikiLink 6 Jul, 1945
- Marguerite Chapman WikiLink 1 Oct 1943, 17 Nov 1944, 18 May 1945
- Maria Montez WikiLink 29 Nov 1942
- Marie McDonald WikiLink 25 Aug 1944, 8 Sep 1944
- Marilyn Maxwell WikiLink Unknown
- Marilyn Monroe WikiLink 2 Aug, 1945
- Marjorie Lord WikiLink 4 Jun 1943
- Martha Holliday WikiLink 21 Dec 1945
- Martha O'Driscoll WikiLink 23 Mar 1945
- Martha Vickers WikiLink 17 Nov 1944, 11 May 1945, 18 May 1945
- Mary Anne Hyde WikiLink 28 Oct 1942
- Mary Ganley WikiLink 15 Sep 1944, 10 Nov 1944
- Mildred Cowles (No info @ WP) Unknown
- Nan Wynn WikiLink 11 Jun 1943
- Nancy Porter WikiLink 8 Jun 1945
- Noreen Roth (No info @ WP) 26 Jan 1945
- Pat Clark WikiLink 9 Feb 1945, 16 Nov 1945
- Patricia Dane WikiLink 28 Jan 1944
- Peggy Corday WikiLink 23 Jun 1944, 2 Jul 1944
- Ramsay Ames WikiLink 24 Dec 1943, 20 Apr 1945, 4 May 1945
- Rita Daigle WikiLink 15 Dec 1944, 31 Dec 1944
- Rita Hayworth WikiLink 7 Jul 1944
- Selene Mahri (No info @ WP) 1 Dec 1944
- Sheila Ryan WikiLink 7 May 1944, 27 Jul 1945
- Sherry Britton WikiLink 9 Dec 1945
- Susan Hayward WikiLink 26 Oct 1945
- Susan Peters WikiLink 2 Jul 1943
- Sylvia Opert WikiLink 1 Jan 1943
- Toni Seven WikiLink 25 May, 1945
- Virginia Kavanaugh WikiLink 15 Jun 1945, 29 Jun 1945
- Virginia Mayo WikiLink 14 Jan 1944
- Virginia O'Brien WikiLink 25 Feb 1944
- Vivian Austin (No info @ WP) 9 Nov 1945
- Vivian Blaine WikiLink 18 Aug 1944, 1 Sep 1944
- Wilde Twins WikiLink 3 Aug 1945
- Yvonne DeCarlo WikiLink 9 Jun 1944
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Sorted by issue date (1/17/2008)
Field contributors to Yank included:
- Sgt. Walter Bernstein
- S/Sgt Harry Brown (writer)
- Pvt. Justin Gray
- Sgt. Marion Hargrove
- Sgt. Newton H. Fulbright
- Sgt. Milton Lehman
- Sgt. Barrett McGurn
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- Sgt. Merle Miller
- Sgt. Mack Morriss
- Sgt. Walter Peters
- Sgt. Burgess Scott
- Sgt. Harry Sions
- Sgt. Thomas R St George
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- Also see the page [ Pin-up girl ] for A list of Pin-up Girls throughhout the decades
- Also see the page [ Hartzell Spence ] for more information about the founder of YANK magazine
- Also see the page [ BRIEF magazine ] for information about the AAF version of YANK magazine
- Also see the page [ Why ] for reasons this topic was chosen for inclusion in our website
External links
See also [ Yank magazine index ]
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