14 Real-Life World War 2 Pin Up Girls Used To Boost Morale

How do you go about boosting morale of troops when fighting in a war as depressing as World War 2? An almost impossible task you’d think…well, in step American magazine for GI’s (soldiers), YANK (branding could do with some work), who featured a number of beautiful pin-ups to help with this task.

From big cinema stars of the day like Rita Hayworth, Betty Grable and Ingrid Bergman to others that were less famous but equally gorgeous.

Now, YANK wasn’t a magazine laden with only fabulous women encouraging you to quite literally…yank, there were also front covers like this one

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Carole Gallagher

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Betty Anne Cregan, 1945

3.

Esther Williams, 1945

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Evelyn Ankers, 1945

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Frances Vorne, 1945

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Ingrid Bergman says hey from the hay

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Lina Romay, 1945

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Pat Clark, 1945

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They’re about to make sushi out of Ramsay Ames

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Sherry Britton, 1945

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Andrea King looking like a queen

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Eileen Coghlan

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Legs of a goddess, Jean Trent

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Ann Savage owning fishnets, 1944

We can see how these would help in boosting morale – we only wish they were in colour. From pin-ups of the 1940′s to porn stars of today, did you know these celebrities started out in porn? I think some will shock you.