Yank, the Army Weekly was a weekly magazine published from 1942 through 1945 and distributed to members of the American military during World War II. Yank included war news, photography, and other features. It had a circulation of more than 2.6 million. One of its most popular features, intended to boost the morale of military personnel serving overseas, was the weekly publication of a pin-up photograph.
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| Pin-up girls of the Yank, the Army Weekly |
A feature story in Parade published in 1945 noted: “Excellent war reporting and photography, serious discussions of postwar problems and the now famous Sad Sack cartoons have made Yank welcome on far-flung battle lines. But the page most often torn out and tacked up for future reference on barrack walls and foot lockers is the one bearing the official insigne, ‘Yank Pin-Up Girl.’”
Yank pin-ups were distributed to locations worldwide where American soldiers, sailors, and Marines were serving. In 1944, the Associated Press published a report that pin-up pictures from Yank were discovered on display on the wall of the chief’s hut in a remote jungle village in Burma.
Here below is a set of glamorous photos that shows portraits of pin-up girls of the Yank, the Army Weekly.
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| Ann Miller, Yank, the Army Weekly, December 19, 1943 |
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| Dolores Moran, Yank, the Army Weekly, August 8, 1943 |
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| Doris Merrick, Yank, the Army Weekly, May 2, 1943 |
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| Eleanor Parker, Yank, the Army Weekly, August 1, 1943 |
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| Hedy Lamarr, Yank, the Army Weekly, November 14, 1943 |
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| Ida Lupino, Yank, the Army Weekly, August 22, 1943 |
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| Marguerite Chapman, Yank, the Army Weekly, October 1, 1943 |
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| Dusty Anderson, Yank, the Army Weekly, October 27, 1944 |
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| Hazel Brooks, Yank, the Army Weekly, December 22, 1944 |
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| Leslie Brooks, Yank, the Army Weekly, April 30, 1944 |
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| Marguerite Chapman, Yank, the Army Weekly, November 17, 1944 |
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| Mary Ganly, Yank, the Army Weekly, November 10, 1944 |
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| Rhonda Fleming, Yank, the Army Weekly, November 5, 1944 |
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| Andrea King, Yank, the Army Weekly, August 10, 1945 |
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| Ann Miller, Yank, the Army Weekly, June 29, 1945 |
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| Audrey Totter, Yank, the Army Weekly, August 24, 1945 |
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| Barbara Bates, Yank, the Army Weekly, May 4, 1945 |
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| Cindy Garner, Yank, the Army Weekly, April 6, 1945 |
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| Daun Kennedy, Yank, the Army Weekly, October 19, 1945 |
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| Dorothy Malone, Yank, the Army Weekly, April 13, 1945 |
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| Elyse Knox, Yank, the Army Weekly, August 17, 1945 |
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| Esther Williams, Yank, the Army Weekly, October 5, 1945 |
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| Evelyn Ankers, Yank, the Army Weekly, July 13, 1945 |
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| Hilda Simms, Yank, the Army Weekly, February 16, 1945 |
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| Jean Trent, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 30, 1945 |
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| Lina Romay, Yank, the Army Weekly, May 18, 1945 |
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| Lizabeth Scott, Yank, the Army Weekly, December 13, 1945 |
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| Lucille Ball, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 23, 1945 |
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| Madelon Mason, Yank, the Army Weekly, July 6, 1945 |
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| Martha Vickers, Yank, the Army Weekly, May 11, 1945 |
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| Nancy Porter, Yank, the Army Weekly, June 8, 1945 |
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| Pat Clark, Yank, the Army Weekly, February 9, 1945 |
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| Rita Hayworth, Yank, the Army Weekly, January 21, 1945 |
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| Sheila Ryan, Yank, the Army Weekly, July 27, 1945 |
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| Virginia Kavanaugh, Yank, the Army Weekly, June 15, 1945 |
The Yank. Uh huh..
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