Usa willie & joe the wwii years hc slipcase

During WW II, the closest most Americans ever came to combat was through the cartoons of Bill Mauldin, the most beloved enlisted man in the U.S

Army.Bill Mauldin knew war because he was in it

He had created his characters, Willie and Joe, at age 18, before Pearl Harbor, while training with the 45th Infantry Division and cartooning part-time for the camp newspaper

His brilliant send-ups of officers were pure infantry, and the men loved it

Mauldin´s cartoons and captions recreated on paper the fully realized world of the American combat soldier.Willie & Joe is edited by Todd DePastino, Mauldin´s official biographer

Willie & Joe contains an introduction and running commentary by DePastino, providing context for the drawings, pertinent biographical details of Mauldin´s life, and occasional background on specific cartoons (such as the ones that made Patton howl).