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by Mauldin, Bill

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NY:: Holt,, 1945.. Hardcover; 2 or 3 leaves have light folds/creases; otherwise good.. Profuse b&w caricature drawings. Willie & Joe, combat infantrymen, battle the enemy, trenchfoot, European mud, fear, High Brass--the infantry war as it really was. ||| Mauldin enlisted at age 19; was sent (1943) to cover fighting in Sicily at Salerno (where he was wounded), & locations in Italy, France & Germany for the Army newspaper `Stars & Stripes.' His portrayal of Willie and Joe hit home with the troops; General Patton unsuccessfully tried to have him give W & J a more `spit-&-polish' look. ||| Discharged (1945), he recorded soldiers' return to civilian life; made editorial drawings for St. Louis Post-Dispatch, won two Pulitzer Prizes; was war correspondent in Vietnam.