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Yank, the Army Weekly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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At its peak, the magazine had 350 full-time staff members and 1,000 stringers, including cartoonists, poets, fiction writers, combat artists, and photographers.In appearance, YANK bore a close resemblance to today's Parade Magazine, the Sunday newspaper supplement, as well as to the picture magazines LIFE and Look.
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Several months later, photographer David Conover saw her while taking pictures of women contributing to the war effort for YANK magazine. He couldn't believe his luck. She was a "photographer's dream." Conover used her for the shoot, on June 26, 1945, and she ended up on the cover of the August 2, 1945 issue!
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THE ART OF YANK MAGAZINE: THE WORLD WAR TWO DRAWINGS OF ROBERT GREENHALGH ... Other pictures were drawn for Life magazine while a few were published in the famous army magazine, Yank, which first appeared on June 17, 1942. ... The magazine itself employed artists and writers both in its New York headquarters and at the front,
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Article on enemy vehicles tested at Aberdeen Ordnance Research Center from the January 21, 1944 issue of Yank. The cover is an image of German Tiger I tank from the 1.Ko. of s.Pz.Abt. 504 which was captured by Allied forces in Tunisia.
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Yank Magazine, 22 December 1944: ... By Sgt. Joe McCarthy, YANK Staff Correspondent ... Source: "Iron-Man Battalion". Sgt Joe McCarthy, Yank Staff Correspondent. Yank Magazine, European Edition, Vol. 1, No. 38, Dec. 22, 1944. pp 2-5.
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Yank The Army Weekly-June 09 1944-Vol. 2 No 51 By Sgt. Dave Richardson Yank Staff Correspondent ... One Jap shot at Harris just as he ducked his head to put a magazine in his BAR. The bullet dented his helmet.
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