Four Water Color Sketches Sent to Yank From England
War era features tell of Mrs. Wilburn and two sons in the Army with dates and ages, prompting a Washington inquiry and a likely reunion. A separate Alaska Department column narrates a colonel’s comic wartime dining misadventure in a Chinese cabaret and a later wallet loss by an Akron MP, both reflecting home‑front and base life anecdotes.
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YANK
England
States
Mrs. Wilburn
War Department
Washington
Brass
Charlie
Wilburn
Alaskan
Aleutians
Washington, D. C
Alaskan Department
Georg N. Meyers
Impressive Fatherhood Cablegram At Navy Carib Scene
A cablegram announces SGT Albert Gold has a newborn son while a missing wallet returns with a gift from Marines. Cash from officers adds to the joy for the Waldroups as the note praises the new junior partner. Navy Needlecraft notes relate Laverne Walton Jr. and his Caribbean duty and past Minneapolis Police beat.
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Waldroup
Marine Corps
Navy
Laverne Irving Walton Jr
Walton
Naval
Caribbean
Minneapolis
Marines
Sal Stefanello's Barracks Bag Sees Action in Pacific
Sal Stefanello a 19 year old Brooklyn GI misses overseas due to incomplete records. He boards a transport after bluffing past checkers, is jailed briefly for desertion fears, then guards the ship until Panama. He loses his barracks bag in the hold, joking it has seen action in the Pacific.
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Carry Heights
Panama Canal Zone
Red Cross
Panama Canal
South Pacific
Pvt
Sal Stefanello
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sal
Army
Panama
Pacific
Robert Ryan
YANK
Manpower Shortage in Australia Keeps Young Soldier Ready
Cpl. Charles R. Wilburn of McAlester Oklahoma faces a delayed combat role after two and a half years in the war. He enlisted at 15 with his father's tacit approval and rose from Field Artillery to a signal man with the Air Force. After rapid deployments to Australia and New Guinea, Wilburn earned corporal status and was contending for a third stripe.
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Australia
Cpl
Charles R. Wilburn
McAlester
Okla
Army of
United States
Charlie
Field Artillery
Air Force
New Guinea
Army landings on Los Negros noted in Admiralty islands
On the first night Pvt. Andrew R. Barna bei of Philadelphia stood out with five Japanese defeated while fixing a .50 caliber machine gun the day after the landings on Los Negros in the Admiralty islands. The spread credits also list multiple photo captions and agencies including USAAF and Navy.
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Los Negros
Admiralty Islands
Andrew R. Barnabei
Philadelphia
Pa. Barnabei
Donkey Zebra Prank Jolts North Africa Unit
Private James Ford of Rossville Georgia attached to an antiaircraft unit in North Africa painted a donkey with GI paint to resemble a zebra after nights of loud braying. The owner, Arab relatives, and the colonel discussed the matter and Ford was punished, while the striped beast remained.
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North Africa
James Ford
Rossville
Ford
Zebras: Pacific flight crew bound for States
A group of 11 master sergeants and nine tech sergeants of aviation crew pulled KP aboard an Army transport during a nine day run. They had spent two years in and out of combat in the Southwest Pacific before heading home to the States.
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Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Diggory Venn
Marine Corps
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Charles Pearson
Patchport
Finder
Pacific Base
Brownie Waldroup
Akron
Ohio
London
Hyde Park
Sgt
Albert Gold
Frank L. Trezise
Navy Needlecraft
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Jud Cook
United Nations Chow
Rey Sant
Ryt
Burma
TTF
Erste
Kenneth Swann
Jack Flynn
Bill Alcine
Seha Frane
Ed Cunningham
Photographic Branch
USAAF
Frane
U. S. Navy
Universal Pictures
Upper
Lower
Acme
Yank Field
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