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

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 Acquanetta1944-09-01[7]
Ramsay Ames1943-12-26
1945-04-10
1945-04-20		[13][10]
Dusty Anderson1943-11-07
1945-12-14
1944-10-27		[14][10][7]
Gloria Anderson1944-03-31
1944-04-16		[7]
Lois Andrews1943-06-20[15]
Evelyn Ankers1945-07-13[10]
Lenore Aubert1943-04-18[16]
Vivian Austin1945-11-09[10]
Bettye Avery1943-10-31[17]
Lauren Bacall1944-11-24[7]
Lucille Ball1943-07-25
1945-03-23		[18][10]
Lynn Bari1944-10-13[7]
Barbara Bates1945-05-04[10]
Anne Baxter1943-04-25[19]
Belita1944-09-22[7]
Ingrid Bergman1944-04-28
1945-03-16		[7][10]
Julie Bishop1944-09-17[20]
Vivian Blaine1944-08-18[7]
Janet Blair1943-03-28
1944-03-05
1944-08-11		[21][22][7]
Sherry Britton1945-12-09
Hazel Brooks1944-12-22[7]
Leslie Brooks1943-02-07
1944-04-30		[23][24]
Betty Bryant1944-03-03[7]
Janis Carter1945-01-05[10]
Marguerite Chapman 1943-10-10
1944-11-17		[25][7]
Pat Clark1945-02-05
1945-11-16		[10]
Eileen Coghlan1945-09-14[10]
Lois Collier1944-01-23[26]
Peggy Corday1944-06-23[7]
Ann Corio1943-09-03[6]
Mildred Cowles
Jeanne Crain1944-06-30
1945-08-31		[7][10]
Betty Anne Cregan1945-12-07[10]
Rita Daigle1944-12-15[7]
Patricia Dane1944-01-28[7]
Linda Darnell1944-05-12[7]
Dorothy Day1943-08-13[6]
Yvonne DeCarlo1944-06-18[27]
Gloria DeHaven1945-06-22[10]
Olivia de Havilland1944-02-13[28]
Jo-Carroll Dennison1943-07-30[6]
Dona Drake1943-05-23[29]
Deanna Durbin1945-01-19
(Continental edition)		[10]
Jinx Falkenburg1945-04-27[10]
Rhonda Fleming1944-11-05[30]
Carole Gallagher1944-02-11[7]
Mary Ganly1944-11-10[7]
Ava Gardner1943-09-05[31]
Charles Gardocki
("Pin-up for WAACs")		1943-05-30[11]
Cindy Garner1945-04-06[10]
Frances Gifford1943-05-16[32]
Betty Grable1943-06-11
1943-12-12		[6][33]
Betty Jane Graham1944-09-15[7]
Angela Greene1944-07-14[7]
Anne Gwynne1943-02-14
1943-12-03
1944-06-11		[34][6][7]
June Haver1945-03-92[10]
Susan Hayward1945-10-26[10]
Rita Hayworth1943-11-28
1944-07-07		[35][7]
Martha Holliday1945-12-21[10]
Lena Horne1943-07-04[9]
Betty Hutton1943-01-24[36]
Mary Anne Hyde1942-10-29[6]
Adele Jergens1945-07-20
1945-11-02		[10]
Candy Jones1945-01-12[10]
Virginia Kavanagh1945-06-15[10]
Daun Kennedy1945-10-19[10]
Evelyn Keyes1944-03-04[7]
Andrea King1945-08-10[10]
Elyse Knox1943-10-22
1945-08-17		[6][37]
Veronica Lake1943-02-21[38]
Hedy Lamarr1943-05-09
1943-11-14		[39][40]
Carole Landis1943-04-02[6]
Joan Lawrence1944-07-28[7]
Joan Leslie1943-08-29
1945-09-18		[41][10]
Diana Lewis1944-01-02
1944-12-08		[42][7]
Marjorie Lord1943-06-13[43]
Ida Lupino1943-08-22
1944-02-27		[44][45]
Selene Mahri1944-12-01[7]
Dorothy Malone1945-04-13[10]
Gail Manners1943-10-24[6]
Irene Manning1944-03-24[7]
Madelon Mason1945-07-06[10]
Virginia Mayo1944-01-14[7]
Grace McDonald1943-09-19[46]
Marie McDonald1944-08-25[7]
Doris Merrick1943-05-02[47]
Ann Miller1943-12-19
1945-06-29		[48][10]
Maria Montez1942-11-29[6]
Dolores Moran1943-04-11
1943-08-08
1944-04-09		[49][50][7]
Diana Mumby1944-08-20[51]
Jane Nigh1944-11-03[7]
Virginia O'Brien1944-02-18[7]
Martha O'Driscoll1944-04-14[7]
Maureen O'Hara1943-05-30[52]
Sylvia Opert1943-01-31[53]
Eleanor Parker1943-08-01[54]
Jean Parker1944-09-24[7]
Virginia Patton1943-06-27[55]
Susan Peters1943-07-11[56]
Nancy Porter1945-06-08[10]
Frances Rafferty1943-09-16
1945-10-12		[6][10]
Ella Raines1944-07-09
1945-08-17		[57][10]
Jane Randolph1942-06-17[6]
Donna Reed1943-04-04
1945-11-02		[58][10]
Elaine Riley1944-10-29[59]
Gale Robbins1944
Jean Rogers1943-07-18[60]
Lina Romay1945-05-18[10]
Jane Russell1943-01-17
1943-03-07 (credited as
"The Best-known Eyes in the Army")
1945-09-21		[61][62][10]
Sheila Ryan1944-05-05
1945-07-27		[7][10]
Ann Savage1944-02-04[7]
Hazel Scott1943-03-21[8]
Lizabeth Scott1945-02-02
1945-11-23		[10]
Hilda Simms1945-02-16[10]
Alexis Smith1943-02-28
1943-09-24
1945-03-18		[63][64]
Ann Sothern1942-12-27[65]
Juanita Stark1943-10-08[6]
K. T. Stevens1944-05-19[7]
Gale Storm1944-03-10[7]
Gene Tierney1944-02-25
1945-05-25		[7][10]
Audrey Totter1945-08-24[10]
Colleen Townsend1944-12-29[7]
Jean Trent1945-03-30[10]
Martha Vickers1945-05-11[10]
June Vincent1944-07-21[7]
Frances Vorne1945-02-23[10]
Cheryl Walker1944-06-16[7]
Bunny Waters1943-09-12[66]
Wilde Twins1945-08-03[10]
Chili Williams1944-03-17[7]
Esther Williams1943-03-14
1944-04-23
1945-10-12		[67][68][10]
Teresa Wright1943-01-10[69]
Nan Wynn1943-06-06
1944-01-09		[70][6]
Audrey Young1945-11-30[10]

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