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Newspaper
Yank
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1944
Page
3
Cpl Tom Shehan Yank reports a tense air encounter as the plane known as Photo Joe attempted a saucy skywriting routine above, drawing a standoff when our craft shot it down. The exchange left no bombs or guns on either side, and both crews watched as the drama unfolded in the clouds.
The 1st Cavalry Division forms a navy to support Amphibian Engineers at Seeadler Harbor. Two captured Jap launches serve as taxi boats. The first commissioned craft is a 30 foot landing barge made in Japan with American steel and a German diesel. Commodore Maj. Arthur Herman leads a diverse crew as they adjust to naval terms.
A U S Army MPs unit in Burma guards messengers and prisoners under fire while serving with Chinese troops in the drive against Japan. They live in Jap dugouts, escort prisoners, and relay front line developments from a Chinese dugout between Jap artillery and mortars. Nurses and refugees are moved rearward as radio teams operate under bamboo ration drops and near misses, with pigs delivered to a field hospital for feeding patients and staff.
In Italy a German pilot skywrites bold question marks with white vapor, challenging chasing planes that cannot rise quickly enough. A Cairo area incident recalls a ferry plane nicknamed Photo Joe that taunted pilots by photographing sites before a trap was sprung with a single machine gun.
A veteran recalls a London hotel register entry seen by Lt Ralph Lehan of Taunton Massachusetts during World War II. The page lists senior officers and a Navy petty officer marked AWOL, highlighting colorful wartime nomenclature and a memory of wartime service.
This Week's Yank photo spread shows Sgt. Thomas F. Madison of Kilgore Texas servicing a land ing-gear strut on a plane arrived in a crate at a Twelfth Air Force camp in Italy. Captions credit Sgt. John Franc and list multiple service members and photo agencies across Camp Stewart Georgia Camp Callan California Camp Adair Oregon Greenwood AAF Mississippi MGM and United Artists.
In Richardson Alaska a U S Army noncommissioned officers club boasts assets of 59558 91 dollars with bonds and profits from food drink and slot machines. The club plans upgrades to a log cabin with a cafeteria library barber shop and a dance floor for 700 couples while keeping a strict stag rule. A water protection system in the Southwest Pacific deters theft of rainwater, boosting relations with locals as a depot installs a voltage deterrent.
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