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Kilroy Was Here: The Best American Humor from World War II
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Kilroy Was Here: The Best American Humor from World War II Paperback - 2002

by Charles Osgood

Inspired by a ubiquitous piece of graffiti that U.S. servicemen had left behind during World War II, Emmy Award-winning television journalist Osgood presents an assortment of classic stories and comic tales that had buoyed the spirits of Americans who have served on land, at sea, and in the air.


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War is hell, but it can also be hilarious. Now, inspired by a ubiquitous piece of graffiti that servicemen left behind during World War II, Emmy Award-winning television journalist Charles Osgood has collected an assortment of classic stories and comic tales that celebrate the good humour that buoyed spirits throughout the world.

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If First Sergeant Clarence A. Goldsmith, back in the old battery where I was supposed to have learned the art of cooking for the Army, ever gets his hands on this, it will provide him with amusement throughout a long, hard winter.

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  • Title Kilroy Was Here: The Best American Humor from World War II
  • Author Charles Osgood
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 188
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hachette Books, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Date 2002-04-24
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780786885749 / 0786885742
  • Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.94 x 5.32 x 0.49 in (20.17 x 13.51 x 1.24 cm)
  • Ages 17 to 18 years
  • Grade levels 12 - 13
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945, American wit and humor
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00054163
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.53

About the author

Charles Osgood writes and anchors The Osgood File four times daily over the CBS radio network and anchors CBS television's Sunday Morning every week. He is the winner of two Emmys and three Peabody Awards; Washington Journalism Review named him "Best in the Business" five years running; and in 1990 he was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters' Broadcasting Hall of Fame. He lives in New Jersey.
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