Snag Bill Mauldin In Korea Prepared By Bill Mauldin Distributed As Volume

humorous! Definitely insightful! First hand reporting from January Aprilof the war in Korea, unfiltered by subsequent events and unedited by meddling historians, Originally printed in Collier's magazine before being collected, Maudlin skillfully uses the conceit of correspondence between his two WWII cartoon GIs to frame the reporting, giving insight into the mind of enlisted men, insight that is all the more nuanced because it is offered by a former enlisted man.

Most noteworthy is the concluding chapter discussing the negotiations going on at Panmunjom particularly the attitudes of the North Korean delegation, Such attitude being one of immature selfimportance, unearned pride and pomposity, and firstrate pettiness, Several quotes still relevant today " The cocky little North Koreans kind of amuse the Chinese", "Maybe that's why the Koreans dress so fancy, it's about the only thing they can do that makes them feel important.
", and quoting an officer "They have the minds of children, . . Theyshouldn't be allowed to get their hands on live ammunition, " Bill Mauldin is back this time in Korea where he occupies what is for him the exceedingly privileged position of correspondent,

What Mauldin found in Korea is good, The fighting men perched on the slopes and peaks of the Korean mountains form, he thinks, the finest army the United States has ever had a crack, professional corps, high in morale and savvy, it's graduates constantly growing in number through a rotation plan that works.
And the picture he paints of the Marines and the Navy both services strange and alarming to him at first is enough to gladden every American heart.


In the words of the immortal Willie and Joe and with his wonderfully entertaining and powerful pictures, Mauldin has created a closeup of the United States doughfeet, marines, and sailors now fighting in Korea and an optimistic report on a war frequently described as a frustrating mess.


Here, too, is a scattering of brass the brass has always scattered before Mauldin, the partly hilarious, partly tragic scene at Panmunjom, and a rapid tour through the great "Rest and Relaxation" center that is Tokyo it turns out Mauldin was never meant for geisha houses.


Bill Mauldin's new book is a unique closeup of the Korean War as seen by the most penetratingly observant private soldier of them all, William Henry Bill Mauldin was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist from the United States, He was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters Willie and Joe, These

cartoons were broadly published and distributed in the American army abroad and in the United States, William Henry "Bill" Mauldin was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist from the United States, He was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters Willie and Joe, These cartoons were broadly published and distributed in the American army abroad and in the United States, sitelink.