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World War Two Film Clips
What was Yank Magazine? (Coronet Magazine, 1944)Inasmuch as this corner of OldMagazineArticles.com is devoted to archiving the articles from the olde YANK , it is also interested in posting article about the magazine. Herein is a photo essay from CORONET MAGAZINE, illustrated with some 23 images that tell the tale of how the periodical operated:
"YANK is written by and for America's fighting men. Only servicemen may buy it. Civilians must be content with hearing about it or seeing an occasional copy. To satisfy the curiosity of those who wonder how YANK is put together and by whom, and as a tribute to the men who edit the weekly, CORONET takes you behind the publication scenes of this war-born journal." Draft-Age Men Without Uniforms Stigmatized (Yank, 1945)"...you think it's easy for a guy my age not to be in the Army? You think I'm having a good time? Every place I go people spit on me..."
So spake one of the 4-F men interviewed for this magazine article when asked what it was like to be a twenty-year-old excused from military service during World War Two. This article makes clear the resentment experienced at the deepest levels by all other manner of men forced to soldier-on in uniform; and so YANK had one of their writers stand on a street corner to ask the "slackers" what it was like to wear "civies" during wartime. Read about the 4-F guy who creamed three obnoxious GIs. The Medic and his SS Patient (Yank Magazine, 1944)This tight little essay, titled "The German", serves to illustrate a small piece of life in a very big war. Written with a sense of melancholy by a winsome American medical orderly posted to a hospital not too far behind the front lines, it explains how he slowly got to know one of his German patients, a member of the SS, and how secretive and generally unpleasant he seemed to be. We recommend that you print this essay and read it as you drift off to sleep; be grateful that you missed World War II. Click here to read an article about the women of the SS in captivity.
G.I. Jose (Yank Magazine, 1944)Some have said that America's first introduction to Latin culture came with "Ricky Ricardo"; others say Carmen Miranda, Xavier Cugat, Charo or "Chico and the Man". The dilettantes at OldMagazineArticles.com are not qualified to answer such deep questions, but we do know that for a bunch of unfortunate Nazis and their far-flung Japanese allies, their first brush with "la vida loco Latino" came in the form of Private Anibal Irizarry, Colonel Pedro del Valle and Lieutenant Manuel Vicente: three stout Puerto Ricans who distinguished themselves in combat and lived to tell about it. Click here to read an article about Latinas in the WAACs. 1944 Army Statistcs (Yank Magazine, 1944)A printable list of figures regarding U.S. Army and Navy strength as tabulated for the year 1944: "The latest figures, released last week, show that the total strength of the armed forces now comes to about 11,417,000. The House Military Affairs Committee, to which Selective Service gave this information, released it to the public without comment, but several committee members were reported to have said privately that it confirmed their suspicions that some 2,000,000 more men have been inducted than necessary."
•U.S. Army............................................................7,700,000
•U.S. Navy............................................................3,717.000
•4-F Classifications................................................3,798,000
•Farmer Deferments..............................................4,192,000
•Labor Deferments.................................................1,614,000
•Hardship Deferments.............................................70,000 If you would like to read more complete figures about American and Allied military strength, click here.
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