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| | Skylighters, The Web Site of the 225th AAA Searchlight Battalion: The Yank Magazine Page |
 | | for the men in the service." The magazine was founded in May 1942 by the War Department's Army Service Forces with a unique mission: to distribute an Army newspaper that would be read by enlisted men and that would be staffed, written, and edited completely by enlisted men. |
 | | Over the next few months, check these pages for a complete history of the magazine, as well as an overview of its famous features, including cartoon characters like Hubert, Elmer, and Sad Sack, the ever-popular Mail Call, and the YANK Pinup Girl, among others. |
 | | At its peak, the magazine had 350 full-time staff members and 1,000 stringers, including cartoonists, poets, fiction writers, combat artists, and photographers.In appearance, YANK bore a close resemblance to today's Parade Magazine, the Sunday newspaper supplement, as well as to the picture magazines LIFE and Look. |
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