US Army newspaper collection

Identifier: irn522566
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of multiple issues of newpapers: Grapevine, Stars and Stripes, and Yank, published during World War II by the United States Army.

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Stars and Stripes [Newspaper]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523130
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
117 non-sequential issues of Stars and Stripes newspapers published from June 25, 1943, issue to May 5, 1945. Stars and Stripes is published by and for the US Armed Services in order to provide independent news and information to the US military community. It has published continuously since World War II.
Yank, the Army Weekly (New York, New York) [Magazine] The Army Weekly
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523132
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
48 non-sequential issues of Yank, the Army Weekly, published from June 27, 1943, to June 1, 1945. Yank was published by the US Army for four years beginning June 6, 1942. It became the most widely read publication in U.S. military history, circulating more than two million copies in 21 weekly editions. Its 127 staff members were all enlisted active duty soldiers and the publication was designed and dedicated to the ordinary, low ranking soldiers of WW II. Yank featured stories about the war, pin-up girls, and cartoons poking fun at service life, including the series with the put-upon privat...
Yank, the Army Weekly (New York, New York) [Magazine] The Army Weekly
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523133
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
12 issues of Yank, the army weekly, published from March 18, 1945 to September 30, 1945. Yank was published by the US Army for four years beginning June 6, 1942. It became the most widely read publication in U.S. military history, circulating more than two million copies in 21 weekly editions. Its 127 staff members were all enlisted active duty soldiers and the publication was designed and dedicated to the ordinary, low ranking soldiers of WW II. Yank featured stories about the war, pin-up girls, and cartoons poking fun at service life, including the series with the put-upon private named "...
Yank, the Army Weekly (New York, New York) [Magazine] The Army Weekly
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523134
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
5 non-sequential issues of Yank published from Oct. 6, 1944 to Sept. 14, 1945. Yank was published by the US Army for four years beginning June 6, 1942. It became the most widely read publication in U.S. military history, circulating more than two million copies in 21 weekly editions. Its 127 staff members were all enlisted active duty soldiers and the publication was designed and dedicated to the ordinary, low ranking soldiers of WW II. Yank featured stories about the war, pin-up girls, and cartoons poking fun at service life, including the series with the put-upon private named "The Sad Sa...
YD Grapevine (Fort Jackson, South Carolina) [Newspaper]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523135
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Issue of the YD Grapevine, the newspaper of the 26 Infantry Division, the Yankee Division.

US Army newspaper collection

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Stars and Stripes [Newspaper]

Yank, the Army Weekly (New York, New York) [Magazine] The Army Weekly

Yank, the Army Weekly (New York, New York) [Magazine] The Army Weekly

Yank, the Army Weekly (New York, New York) [Magazine] The Army Weekly

YD Grapevine (Fort Jackson, South Carolina) [Newspaper]