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Pin-ups of Yank, the Army Weekly

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.[1]

Collage of Yank pin-ups, published in the final issue, December 28, 1945

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.'"[2]

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.[3] According to an account published by the Central Press, American pilots in the Pacific planned to drop Yank pin-up photographs to Japanese soldiers with the inscription: "Eat your hearts out . . . Here's what we are fighting for."[4]

The models edit

 
The Statue of Liberty featured as the "Yank pin-up girl" at the end of the war

The women who posed for the pin-ups included both famous and unknown actresses, dancers, athletes, and models. Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth, the most famous pin-up models of World War II, both appeared in Yank pin-ups. Grable appeared in June 1943 wearing a patriotic outfit standing in front of a large drum, and Hayworth in November 1943 in a black dress seated on steps decorated with musical notes and again in July 1944 wearing a two-piece bathing suit.[5][6][7]

Other famous actresses featured as Yank pin-ups included Lauren Bacall (November 1944), Ava Gardner (September 1943), Ingrid Bergman (April 1944 and March 1945), Gene Tierney (February 1944 and March 1945), Jane Russell (January 1943, March 1943 (credited as "The Best-known Eyes in the Army"), and September 1945), Susan Hayward (October 1945), Donna Reed (April 1943 and November 1945), and Lucille Ball (July 1943 and March 1945). The women included as Yank pin-ups included at least two African-Americans: pianist and singer Hazel Scott (March 1943) and singer/actress Lena Horne (July 1943).[8][9] A few women appeared three times as Yank pin-ups. They included actresses Ramsay Ames, Dusty Anderson, Anne Gwynne, Dolores Moran, and Jane Russell, big-band singer Janet Blair, and swimming champion and actress Esther Williams.[6][7][10]

The models featured as Yank pin-ups included one man. In the May 30, 1943 issue, Yank featured a cover photograph of a soldier with the caption: "Pin-up for WAACs. This dog-tagged Dorothy Lamour is S Sgt. Charles Gardocki, and he's sweating out the war somewhere in the Pacific. Hirsute, h'ain't he?"[11] In the issue dated August 24, 1945, published less than two weeks after Victory over Japan Day, Yank featured the Statue of Liberty as its first non-human "pin-up girl".[12]

The following is a list of the women (and one man) featured in Yank pin-ups:

Name Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Date Source
Burnu Acquanetta   1944-09-01 [7]
Ramsay Ames       1943-12-26
1945-04-10
1945-04-20		 [13][10]
Dusty Anderson       1943-11-07
1945-12-14
1944-10-27		 [14][10][7]
Gloria Anderson   1944-03-31
1944-04-16		 [7]
Lois Andrews   1943-06-20 [15]
Evelyn Ankers   1945-07-13 [10]
Lenore Aubert   1943-04-18 [16]
Vivian Austin   1945-11-09 [10]
Bettye Avery   1943-10-31 [17]
Lauren Bacall   1944-11-24 [7]
Lucille Ball     1943-07-25
1945-03-23		 [18][10]
Lynn Bari   1944-10-13 [7]
Barbara Bates   1945-05-04 [10]
Anne Baxter   1943-04-25 [19]
Belita   1944-09-22 [7]
Ingrid Bergman     1944-04-28
1945-03-16		 [7][10]
Julie Bishop   1944-09-17 [20]
Vivian Blaine   1944-08-18 [7]
Janet Blair       1943-03-28
1944-03-05
1944-08-11		 [21][22][7]
Sherry Britton   1945-12-09
Hazel Brooks   1944-12-22 [7]
Leslie Brooks     1943-02-07
1944-04-30		 [23][24]
Betty Bryant   1944-03-03 [7]
Janis Carter   1945-01-05 [10]
Marguerite Chapman   1943-10-10
1944-11-17		 [25][7]
Pat Clark     1945-02-05
1945-11-16		 [10]
Eileen Coghlan   1945-09-14 [10]
Lois Collier   1944-01-23 [26]
Peggy Corday   1944-06-23 [7]
Ann Corio   1943-09-03 [6]
Mildred Cowles  
Jeanne Crain   1944-06-30
1945-08-31		 [7][10]
Betty Anne Cregan   1945-12-07 [10]
Rita Daigle   1944-12-15 [7]
Patricia Dane   1944-01-28 [7]
Linda Darnell   1944-05-12 [7]
Dorothy Day   1943-08-13 [6]
Yvonne DeCarlo   1944-06-18 [27]
Gloria DeHaven   1945-06-22 [10]
Olivia de Havilland   1944-02-13 [28]
Jo-Carroll Dennison 1943-07-30 [6]
Dona Drake   1943-05-23 [29]
Deanna Durbin   1945-01-19
(Continental edition)		 [10]
Jinx Falkenburg   1945-04-27 [10]
Rhonda Fleming   1944-11-05 [30]
Carole Gallagher   1944-02-11 [7]
Mary Ganly   1944-11-10 [7]
Ava Gardner   1943-09-05 [31]
Charles Gardocki
("Pin-up for WAACs")		   1943-05-30 [11]
Cindy Garner   1945-04-06 [10]
Frances Gifford   1943-05-16 [32]
Betty Grable     1943-06-11
1943-12-12		 [6][33]
Betty Jane Graham   1944-09-15 [7]
Angela Greene   1944-07-14 [7]
Anne Gwynne       1943-02-14
1943-12-03
1944-06-11		 [34][6][7]
June Haver   1945-03-92 [10]
Susan Hayward   1945-10-26 [10]
Rita Hayworth     1943-11-28
1944-07-07		 [35][7]
Martha Holliday   1945-12-21 [10]
Lena Horne   1943-07-04 [9]
Betty Hutton   1943-01-24 [36]
Mary Anne Hyde 1942-10-29 [6]
Adele Jergens     1945-07-20
1945-11-02		 [10]
Candy Jones   1945-01-12 [10]
Virginia Kavanagh   1945-06-15 [10]
Daun Kennedy   1945-10-19 [10]
Evelyn Keyes   1944-03-04 [7]
Andrea King   1945-08-10 [10]
Elyse Knox     1943-10-22
1945-08-17		 [6][37]
Veronica Lake   1943-02-21 [38]
Hedy Lamarr     1943-05-09
1943-11-14		 [39][40]
Carole Landis 1943-04-02 [6]
Joan Lawrence   1944-07-28 [7]
Joan Leslie     1943-08-29
1945-09-18		 [41][10]
Diana Lewis     1944-01-02
1944-12-08		 [42][7]
Marjorie Lord   1943-06-13 [43]
Ida Lupino     1943-08-22
1944-02-27		 [44][45]
Selene Mahri   1944-12-01 [7]
Dorothy Malone   1945-04-13 [10]
Gail Manners 1943-10-24 [6]
Irene Manning   1944-03-24 [7]
Madelon Mason   1945-07-06 [10]
Virginia Mayo   1944-01-14 [7]
Grace McDonald   1943-09-19 [46]
Marie McDonald   1944-08-25 [7]
Doris Merrick   1943-05-02 [47]
Ann Miller     1943-12-19
1945-06-29		 [48][10]
Maria Montez 1942-11-29 [6]
Dolores Moran       1943-04-11
1943-08-08
1944-04-09		 [49][50][7]
Diana Mumby   1944-08-20 [51]
Jane Nigh   1944-11-03 [7]
Virginia O'Brien   1944-02-18 [7]
Martha O'Driscoll   1944-04-14 [7]
Maureen O'Hara   1943-05-30 [52]
Sylvia Opert   1943-01-31 [53]
Eleanor Parker   1943-08-01 [54]
Jean Parker   1944-09-24 [7]
Virginia Patton   1943-06-27 [55]
Susan Peters   1943-07-11 [56]
Nancy Porter   1945-06-08 [10]
Frances Rafferty     1943-09-16
1945-10-12		 [6][10]
Ella Raines     1944-07-09
1945-08-17		 [57][10]
Jane Randolph   1942-06-17 [6]
Donna Reed     1943-04-04
1945-11-02		 [58][10]
Elaine Riley   1944-10-29 [59]
Gale Robbins   1944
Jean Rogers   1943-07-18 [60]
Lina Romay   1945-05-18 [10]
Jane Russell       1943-01-17
1943-03-07 (credited as
"The Best-known Eyes in the Army")
1945-09-21		 [61][62][10]
Sheila Ryan     1944-05-05
1945-07-27		 [7][10]
Ann Savage   1944-02-04 [7]
Hazel Scott   1943-03-21 [8]
Lizabeth Scott     1945-02-02
1945-11-23		 [10]
Hilda Simms   1945-02-16 [10]
Alexis Smith     1943-02-28
1943-09-24
1945-03-18		 [63][64]
Ann Sothern   1942-12-27 [65]
Juanita Stark   1943-10-08 [6]
K. T. Stevens   1944-05-19 [7]
Gale Storm   1944-03-10 [7]
Gene Tierney     1944-02-25
1945-05-25		 [7][10]
Audrey Totter   1945-08-24 [10]
Colleen Townsend   1944-12-29 [7]
Jean Trent   1945-03-30 [10]
Martha Vickers   1945-05-11 [10]
June Vincent   1944-07-21 [7]
Frances Vorne   1945-02-23 [10]
Cheryl Walker   1944-06-16 [7]
Bunny Waters   1943-09-12 [66]
Wilde Twins   1945-08-03 [10]
Chili Williams   1944-03-17 [7]
Esther Williams       1943-03-14
1944-04-23
1945-10-12		 [67][68][10]
Teresa Wright   1943-01-10 [69]
Nan Wynn     1943-06-06
1944-01-09		 [70][6]
Audrey Young   1945-11-30 [10]

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