35 Glamorous Portrait Photos of Pin-Up Girls of the Yank, the Army Weekly

Yank, the Army Weekly was a weekly magazine published from 1942 through 1945 and distributed to members of the American military during World War II. Yank included war news, photography, and other features. It had a circulation of more than 2.6 million. One of its most popular features, intended to boost the morale of military personnel serving overseas, was the weekly publication of a pin-up photograph.

Pin-up girls of the Yank, the Army Weekly

A feature story in Parade published in 1945 noted: “Excellent war reporting and photography, serious discussions of postwar problems and the now famous Sad Sack cartoons have made Yank welcome on far-flung battle lines. But the page most often torn out and tacked up for future reference on barrack walls and foot lockers is the one bearing the official insigne, ‘Yank Pin-Up Girl.’”

Yank pin-ups were distributed to locations worldwide where American soldiers, sailors, and Marines were serving. In 1944, the Associated Press published a report that pin-up pictures from Yank were discovered on display on the wall of the chief’s hut in a remote jungle village in Burma.

Here below is a set of glamorous photos that shows portraits of pin-up girls of the Yank, the Army Weekly.

Ann Miller, Yank, the Army Weekly, December 19, 1943

Dolores Moran, Yank, the Army Weekly, August 8, 1943

Doris Merrick, Yank, the Army Weekly, May 2, 1943

Eleanor Parker, Yank, the Army Weekly, August 1, 1943

Hedy Lamarr, Yank, the Army Weekly, November 14, 1943

Ida Lupino, Yank, the Army Weekly, August 22, 1943

Marguerite Chapman, Yank, the Army Weekly, October 1, 1943

Dusty Anderson, Yank, the Army Weekly, October 27, 1944

Hazel Brooks, Yank, the Army Weekly, December 22, 1944

Leslie Brooks, Yank, the Army Weekly, April 30, 1944

Marguerite Chapman, Yank, the Army Weekly, November 17, 1944

Mary Ganly, Yank, the Army Weekly, November 10, 1944

 Rhonda Fleming, Yank, the Army Weekly, November 5, 1944

Andrea King, Yank, the Army Weekly, August 10, 1945

Ann Miller, Yank, the Army Weekly, June 29, 1945

Audrey Totter, Yank, the Army Weekly, August 24, 1945

Barbara Bates, Yank, the Army Weekly, May 4, 1945

Cindy Garner, Yank, the Army Weekly, April 6, 1945

Daun Kennedy, Yank, the Army Weekly, October 19, 1945

Dorothy Malone, Yank, the Army Weekly, April 13, 1945

Elyse Knox, Yank, the Army Weekly, August 17, 1945

Esther Williams, Yank, the Army Weekly, October 5, 1945

Evelyn Ankers, Yank, the Army Weekly, July 13, 1945

Hilda Simms, Yank, the Army Weekly, February 16, 1945

Jean Trent, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 30, 1945

Lina Romay, Yank, the Army Weekly, May 18, 1945

Lizabeth Scott, Yank, the Army Weekly, December 13, 1945

Lucille Ball, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 23, 1945

Madelon Mason, Yank, the Army Weekly, July 6, 1945

Martha Vickers, Yank, the Army Weekly, May 11, 1945

Nancy Porter, Yank, the Army Weekly, June 8, 1945

Pat Clark, Yank, the Army Weekly, February 9, 1945

Rita Hayworth, Yank, the Army Weekly, January 21, 1945

Sheila Ryan, Yank, the Army Weekly, July 27, 1945

Virginia Kavanaugh, Yank, the Army Weekly, June 15, 1945