/n-- H ^ JULY 1,1942 5 VOL. I, NO. 3 PUBLISHED WEEKLY By the men.. for the men in the service THE ARMY NEWSPAPER NAME C-l-C FOR 2''o FRONT Story on Page 3 BACK ALLEY FI0HTING goes to war. Sweeping aside niceties, American troops are being trained to nieet a vicious enemy at his own game—free for all, and anything goes. PRODUCED 2004 BY UNZ.ORG Pages 10 and II m ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED YANK The Army Newspaper • JULY 1 ^) •i^'"*^^^ 42 Billion Bux WTL U-Boats Plague For War Dept. U. S. Shipping WASHINGTON—The largest Adolf Hitler started playing single appropriation bill in the his­ around in our back yard again dur­ tory of the world is well on its way ing June. to becoming law. Every cent of it His own submarines, and maybe goes to our War Department. a few he got on axis-lend-lease It's more dough than Croesus from his friend Musso, sank 14 ever had in his sock, and it's all United Nations ships between June strictly G.I. 3 and 14 in the Caribbean. The measure calls for 42 BIL­ Five were U. S. vessels. LION bucks. We hit back hard. The Navy dis­ It's to carry the War Department closed that it has been convoying through the fiscal year beginning ships off the Atlantic coast for more July 1, and already it has been than a month, and for the first tiriie passed by the House. The vote was the role our own Army is playing 352 to 0. in the Battle of the Atlantic was The bill in itself is a fair indica­ divulged. Army minesweepers, it tion of what Washington thinks is now disclosed, are plowing right about this war. It's here to stay alongside the Navy through the awhile. The only safe thing to do, blue waters of the Caribbean. one representative told newspaper­ They've gotten a number of subs, men before voting yes on the mea­ this Acmy and Navy maritime sure, is to assume the war will last team, but how many we don't know five years at least. Of course, that is yet. not an official opinion voiced by a Being able as Americans to take board of strategy, but it is some in­ these things in stride, Washington dication that we are not expected to admits our losses but lets the axis get out of the trenches, as they used guess how many of their corsairs to say, before Christmas. will ever return to get the Iron The bill breaks down like this: Cross. We confess the loss of 242 Ten billion bucks goes for Army merchant vessels sunk in the North personnel. Atlantic since Pearl Harbor. In­ That includes your monthly pay, cluding losses in Canadian and the clothes on your back,' your DEPTH CHARGE. U. S. naval vessel convoying merchant ships in Atlantic South American waters, the total chow, medical care (shots included) lets go with high-explosive in spot where enemy U-boat is believed lurk­ is more than 300. and welfare. ing. Army minesweepers have now joined battle against submarines Inauguration of the convoy sys­ The air corps gets 11 billion bucks which have taken heavy toll in coastal waters. tem has foi'ced the axis to change —and that ain't million, either, its tactics, and they're now on the brother—while ordnance is sched­ defensive somewhere on a watery uled to buy a lot of stuff with al­ five-yard line, trying to punt for most 10 billion bucks. Transporta­ Service Club Is Finally Opened distance. tion is going to cost almost 4 billion, They're planting minefields, and and that ought to get us a hell of a at least three Allied vessels have long way toward those super auto- In Australia, Thanx fo Reef Cross been sunk by such explosives. bahns that Adolf Hitler taped all plete theater which can be stripped An International News Service SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA. reporter aboard a sub chaser with over the face of the Third Reich. —They've finally opened a Service for dancing, and there's an orches­ The appropriations committee of tra that hangs around permanently. the Atlantic patrol wrote vividly Club in one of the cities here, the of the rescue of the American crew the House explained in its report first of four to be provided. The club Dances probably will be held al­ that funds for the air corps will most every afternoon and evening. of a mine-stricken collier. was prepared and equipped by "We picked up eight survivors. build 23,500 airplanes, including American business men, from Red In an adjoining building parlor spares and accessory equipment. athletes can find ping-pong and pool The first man we hauled over the Cross funds. side was John N. Shea, of Balti­ This will complete the War Depart.- The club is a beauty. On one floor tables, as well as checkers and chess ment's part of the program enun­ for a really wild time. more, a quartermaster. Shea, who there is a 150-bed dormitory, hot had been below deck when the mine ciated by the President On January showers, first aid rooms and even a 6, 1942, which calls for the produc­ exploded, was wearing a pair of clothes-pressing service. Another pink and white striped shorts. tion of 60,000 airplanes for the floor has a restaurant which will calendar year 1942 and 125,000 air­ From the minute he grasped the provide breakfast and the usual Stork Circles Nazi Ship, line thrown to him to the time he planes for the calendar year 1943. snacks, including coffee, doughnuts, That's a hell of a lot of airplanes, was on deck and had blown the salt apple pie and ham sandwiches. Drops Babies—Tough Ones water and oil out of his system, he Adolf. It's an oasis in a desert of mutton. The pilots of a Netherlands You, too, Hiro. cursed a steady stream—divided There's even a soda fountain, and squadron serving with the R.A.F. equally about the Nazis and the American cigarettes. Coastal Command have storks fact he had lost his papers." Another floor has a lounge room painted on their planes. They also where a guy can write letters or have a pilot named Stork. read or just slink around; and Not so long ago Stork found him­ Axis Agents Donate there's also what they call an In­ self over a German merchant ves­ formation on Hospitality desk sel. Swooping low to insure proper June 30 Pay Call $102,240 to U. S. where arrangements are made for delivery in the correct stork tradi­ NEW YORK — Germans, Japs any dogfaces who want to accept tion, he droDoed three babies on Brings More Dough and Italians who sailed for home some of the invitations they're the ship. The babies exploded. The on the Swedish liner Gripsholm throwing at us. One floor has a com­ ship sank. WASHINGTON — President have added $102,240 to U. S. gov­ Roosevelt has signed the bill raising ernment funds which probably will the pay of privates and apprentice be used to help defeat their coun­ seamen to $50 a month and grant­ tries. Don't Promise Her Anything— ing increases for all grades of en­ When the Gripsholm sailed she listed men. Pay and allowances for carried 1,097 Axis nationals bound Marriage Outside U. S. Is Out commissioned personnel also were for an East African port. They were boosted. The raise in pay dates to be exchanged for United Nations WASHINGTON — Be careful able, but some Washington sources from June 1, meaning that it will citizens interned by war abroad. what you promise from now on. are inclined to doubt that com­ show up at the June 30 pay call. Before the ship sailed, Capt. Will­ The book now says: manding officers of expeditionary iam J. Pedrick, U. S. revenue of­ "No military personnel on duty forces will approve marital ven­ ficer, boarded the ship and collected in any foreign country or posses­ tures except in rare instances. Entire Issue Copyrighf, 1942, by YANK, from everyone who owned money sion may marry without the ap­ They say here in Washington The Army Nei)vspoper. to Uncle Sam. proval of the commanding officer that the ruling was established to Printed in U.S.A. The ship was to sail to Portuguese of the United States army forces East Africa via Rio de Janeiro. She stationed in such foreign country eliminate conflict between army Pictures: Cover, Sgt. Bushemi; 2, Acme; 3, carried 495 Jap and Thai officials or possession." and civilian authority on such ques­ INP; 5, U.S.A. Air Corps; 8, Bushemi; 9, W.W., tions as citizenship and immigra­ Acme, P.A.; 10, 11, Bushemi; 12, Sovfoto; 14, and 602 private citizens. About 403 That's the new War Department INP; 19, P.A.; 20, Howard Hughes Productions; more were to be picked up from ruling just handed down in Wash­ tion laws and to avoid complica­ 21, Universal Pictures; 22, P.A.; 23, W.W.; 24, the Brazil port, all scheduled for ington. tions in the sudden and frequent U.S.A. Sig. Corps, INP. exchange. There's no official comment avail­ movements of troops. Full 244our INS leased wire service. PAGE 2 PRODUCED 2004 BY UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED •H-^I^WWWWIMWI^WW**''' YANK The Army Newspaper • JULY 1 Tank Expert 2nd Front Chief EisenhowerPlans European Push WASHINGTON —It won't be long now before we get our crack at the Nazis.