Show global magazine published Publish edBy by soldiers yank is a 24 page weekly it is by and for enlisted men it 13 chocka chock a block with news cartoons pictures comment letters advice and war coverage it has developed a score of new writers and sergeant george baker a cartoonist whose sad sack character has become world famous although it is only two years old this summer yank already is the first worldwide world wide magazine it is printed in 11 cities cit les from new york to calcutta and has a circulation between one and two million plus the fact that each paid for copy has at least five readers As a product it is strictly GI 11 A few brass hats hover around the edges but have little control over what goes into the book yank has no editor and seems to be getting along swell even its managing editor sergeant mccarthy Is frequently overruled by his staff what goes into the magazine is decided by half a dozen enlisted men all with newspaper or advertising experience this editorial board operates with a staff of about including business and circulation men and correspondents and photographers on every battle front yank does considerable troubleshooting for its readers in a department called your problem this is operated by corporal max who once worked on the new york post and was an assistant district attorney in new york and by corporal george barrett formerly an assistant to hanson W baldwin on the new york times an order for american enlisted men to salute enemy officer prisoners brought another blast of defiance from the GIs most of whom wrote be damned if they would ill see myself in hell before ill give such a salute wrote sergeant Wil william litun F wenzel typically perhaps as a result of these leters the war department recently issued an order which made saluting of enemy prisoners of war officers unnecessary |