Posted on 03/26/2003 4:17:36 PM PST by Cagey
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. troops in Iraq will soon be able to adorn their quarters with the 21st Century's answer to World War II pin-ups, as the publisher of Maxim and Stuff ships free copies of the men's lifestyle magazines to their mailboxes. Dennis Publishing said it hopes its scantily clad cover models will help U.S. soldiers endure war in the same way the curvy girls drawn by Peruvian-born artist Alberto Vargas became one of the biggest morale-boosters among servicemen in the 1940's. Dennis Publishing said on Tuesday it is shipping 15,000 free copies of Maxim, Stuff and its musical magazine Blender to 40 different military tent sites across Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, Afghanistan and Oman. Meanwhile Time Inc.'s Sports Illustrated is also making arrangements to send copies of its two latest issues on college basketball and baseball to soldiers in Iraq and surrounding areas. "We are trying to get between 3,000 and 5,000 copies sent over," a spokesman for the magazine said. Another Time Inc. favorite, celebrity magazine People, could follow. Playboy Enterprises Inc. will not send copies of its legendary namesake magazine to the front. Instead, the company plans to set up an e-mail address where U.S. servicemen around the world can sign up to receive non-nude pictures and a message from the famed Playmates. Publishers are also reaching to the G.I. Janes. Long before the war started, Hearst Corp. sent issues of its Marie Claire magazine along with skin care products to a dozen of female soldiers in the front after receiving a letter from them asking for some entertainment material. The publisher said it will also be shipping copies of its Good Housekeeping title soon.
This is Hugh.
I doubt our boys would enjoy recieving pictures like these.
or this one! : )
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