WWII Yank Magazine Honorable Discharge Issue with 2 Page Pin-Up Girls

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Original Yank Magazine from December 28, 1945. Featuring the dramatic "Honorable Discharge" certificate on the front cover signaling the end of the war. The Yank was The Army Weekly By and For the men in the service during world war II. Each issue featured a two page centerfold with that week's pin-up girls. 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 world. Original. CONTENTS HONORABLE DISCHARGE FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT Sketches by S/Sgt. Robert Greenbalgh INVENTORY, U.S.A. SGT. ROBERT BENDINER After the years of war, peacetime takes some getting used to, but the nation is slowly swinging into its postwar stride. SWEATING IT OUT... Europe YANK EUROPEAN STAFF Some occupation deals are good and some are lousy, and the biggest gripe is still chicken. Pacific SGT. ROBERT MacMILLAN From Kilroy to the colonel, everyone wants to go home, and the only question is, "When" YANK PIN-UP GIRLS MULTIBLE PHOTOS SAD SACK SGT. GEORGE BAKER THE OUTER GARMENT SGT. RAY DUNCAN THE SOLDIER SPEAKS: WHAT REFORMS SHOULD BE MADE IN THE POSTWAR ARMY? SEPARATION EX-SGT. MERLE MILLER Sketch by Howard Brodie When you're on that last lap of Army before getting out, the air is as tense as at induction. OUT SIX MONTHS SGT. DEBS MYERS Two veterans separated last spring find that discharge papers aren't passports to every GI dream, but that civilian life still beats the Army every time. MAIL CALL YANK CARTOONS
Historical Notes
Yank was considered a key "morale booster" 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 some form of seductive attire. The pin-up girls included stage and screen stars.
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Price$34.95
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Product ConditionVery Good, typical minor soiling on cover
Size10.5" x 14"

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