In 1942 a couple of veterans from the first go-round of
The Stars & Stripes (February 8, 1918, through June 13, 1919) visited the New York offices of Yank Magazine, after having read many of their first issues. Although wars had changed, the Army had changed soldier-journalism had changed in 24 years, the old men were impressed with Yank and had to reluctantly admit it.
“Yank started off with $25,000 in the sock as against our measly 25,000 Francs (then about $5,000) from the AEF General Staff. The result is that they’re putting out a swell weekly for five cents a copy – the Stars & Stripes was 50 Centimes, or a dime in those days – and offering a grand trial subscription rate of 75 cents for six months. Yank‘s men in the field have not only the sense of news, but the gift of beguiling and bewitching censors, getting them to nod at times – as did Homer, the first of all war correspondents – and thereby occasionally pulling off a, er, trollop of a scoop…
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