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

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]

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

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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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