Slim Aarons - Dick Hanley - Ben Schnall - Mason Pawlak and various Yank (official magazine of the U.S. armed forces), 1939-1945. American troops. Western Front. Italian campaign. US Moutain troops. US Navy. Military exercises. 16th division. German prisoners. German graves on the road to Berlin. New Guinea campaign. Commando. Philippines. US Army MP's, Fort Riley, Kansas. Australia. Okinawa. 15 silver prints from the period. Numerous stamps "Yank - The army weekly", dates, captions, annotations, indications of cropping and labels pasted on the versos. Size: from 28 x 28 to 35,5 x 28,2 cm with marginsThe book: The Best from Yank, the Army Weekly, E. P. Dutton, 1945 . The official weekly magazine of the U.S. Army during World War II, Yank magazine was produced by military personnel for military personnel. Its function was to inform about the progress of operations but also to support the morale of the troops, notably through the publication of photographs of American actresses and pin-ups. Numerous photographers contributed to the magazine's images, such as Slim Aarons, who began his career as a war reporter for the magazine. Georges Strock - Press photographer Pacific War. New Guinea Campaign, 1942-1945. Battle of Buna-Gona. Bodies of American soldiers on the beach, 31 December 1942. Battle of Hollandia, 1944. American troop transport to Aitape (the last smoke). Two vintage gelatin silver prints. Press stamps, captions and dates typed on versos. 20 x 18 to 20.8 x 25.5 cm