Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Bound Issues of the British edition of "Yank", collected by Samuel Reiss who served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers in France during World War II. Reiss bound the magazines himself after his return to the US in 1945. Yank was a weekly magazine published during World War II by the US Army.
- Title
- Yank, Vol. 1, December 27,1942 - September 19,1943
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1942 December 27-1943 September 19
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nancie Furgang
- Contributor
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Publisher:
European Theatre of Operations, United States Army
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Periodicals
- Object Type
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American periodicals (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- 1 v. ; ill. ; 36 cm.
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The bound magazine was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Nancie Furgang, the daughter of Samuel Reiss.
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- 2023-05-24 15:54:24
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Object
Bound issues of the British edition of "Yank", collected by Samuel Reiss who served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers in France during World War II. Reiss bound the magazines himself after his return to the US in 1945. Yank was a weekly magazine published during World War II by the US Army.
