Yank, The Army Weekly: Reporting The Greatest Generation
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Book Description
The extraordinary story of the world's first global periodical-reaching troops on six continents-and history's most successful U.S. Army publication. Yank Magazine provided an irreverent and honest account of the sharing, suffering and frustrations of 14 million civilians in uniform during World War II.
*A major factor in sustaining morale inside the ranks of America's greatest war.
*Reporters, photographers, editors, artists, and cartoonists, many recruited from the likes of The New York Times, the New York Herald Tribune, and the San Francisco Chronicle, described the fears, hopes, humor, and shared experiences of GIs around the world
*Includes cartoons and graphics from the original publications
About the Author
Barrett McGurn spent 20 years in Europe, North Africa, and Asia as a foreign correspondent and then as a Foreign Service officer. He was the South Pacific war correspondent for YANK, the World War II soldiers' magazine. He has received a Purple Heart and the Military Commendation Medal. He has survived eight wars and currently resides in Maryland with his wife of 42 years, Janice Ann McLaughlin.
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