Stars and Stripes: U.S. Military Newspapers in the Library of Congress

Books with Citations for Stars and Stripes: Post-World War II

Baker was a staff sergeant who wrote the Sad Sack cartoon strip for Yank, the weekly army magazine. The name came from "a whittled-down version of an old and unprintable epithet for an inept rookie."

A correspondent for Yank, Bernstein in his autobiography discusses the many encounters he had with staff from Stars and Stripes. After the war, Bernstein became a successful screenwriter despite being blacklisted for eight years because of his political beliefs.

Traces the military use of "undesirable discharges," with references to gay issues that appeared in the pages of Stars and Stripes and Yank.

Although not a cartoonist for Stars and Stripes, Pulitzer Prize winner Herbert Block writes in chapter 10 about his time in the military during World War II and his failed attempt at joining the newspaper staff.

Breger coined one of the most famous terms to come out of the war when he began his cartoon strip in 1942 for Yank magazine and Stars and Stripes.

This biography of General George S. Patton documents his confrontation with Bill Mauldin, a cartoonist for Stars and Stripes, concerning Mauldin's depiction of American soldiers. Includes other reports by Stars and Stripes about Patton and the war.

A history of the German edition of the newspaper, including information about the staff, circulation, administration, and the physical plant. With photographs of the staff, cartoons, and line illustrations.

Describes the types of humor that were popular in each of four wartime periods during the 20th century. Concludes that the presence of humor is a response to sustained fear and can be a tool for survival, and does not necessarily indicate insensitivity.

Anthology of G.I. poetry that appeared in the Mediterranean edition of Stars and Stripes. Edited, illustrated, and compiled by soldiers assigned to the newspaper.

This light-hearted book became the screenplay for an MGM film. The authors provide numerous anecdotes of their war-time experiences. Rooney later became a regular contributor to the CBS TV news magazine "60 Minutes."

Focuses on the daily life of a soldier and the vicissitudes he suffered, with references to articles and letters in Stars and Stripes.

A year-by-year account, beginning in May 1942, of action during the war written by staff writers of the weekly. Includes letters, cartoons, and army jokes to Yank by G.I.'s.

In the last chapter of his autobiography the author writes about his brief experience as a staff writer for Stars and Stripes. Klaus was the eldest son of Thomas Mann, the famous German writer.

Collection of cartoons that appeared in the Stars and Stripes. Bill Mauldin won Pulitzer Prizes in 1945 for his depictions of G.I.s during the war, and in1959 as a cartoonist for the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

Recollections of Mauldin's career as a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist for Stars and Stripes during World War II. He was known for highlighting the ironies and inequities of the military, much to the irritation of army commanders, especially General George S. Patton.

Lengthy excerpts from the various editions of the newspaper edited by a former correspondent for the paper with a foreword by Omar N. Bradley and a two-page appendix of background and statistics about Stars and Stripes.

Reproductions of the front pages of the New York Times during World War II. Complete issues of the newspaper are available on microfilm in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room.

Short articles alphabetically arranged dealing with the events, persons, places, equipment, and terms of the war with a brief but incisive entry for Stars and Stripes.

Anthology of newspaper and magazine articles, transcripts of radio broadcasts, and book excerpts by American reporters and writers from 1938 to 1946. Includes references to the Stars and Stripes, biographical notes about the authors, and a glossary of military terms.

Personal vignettes written by reporters for Stars and Stripes about their role in World War Two. Includes cartoons and photographs of the newspaper offices.

Chapter 7 provides a brief chronicle of novelist and playwright Irwin Shaw's experience contributing to Stars and Stripes and his inability to gain a permanent staff position because of suspicions about his leftist political leanings.

This encyclopedia for World War II has multiple entries for Stars and Stripes.

Excerpts from World War II coverage of the 4th armored division appearing in American and British newspapers and magazines, including Stars and Stripes.

A glossy pictorial journalistic history of the war. Has noteworthy chapters on General George S. Patton's confrontation with cartoonist Bill Mauldin of Stars and Stripes over the artist's depiction of soldiers, and a review of the African American press in wartime.

A contemporary of Stars and Stripes, Yank was produced weekly with twenty-one editions printed in seventeen locations. This book includes a facsimile of the V-J Day issue of Yank (September 7, 1945), along with personal narratives by enlisted men.

Personal narrative by the former managing editor of the European edition of the Stars and Stripes in the immediate postwar period. More a reminiscing of his time with the newspaper than a history of Stars and Stripes; however Zumwalt does discuss censorship frankly, and in the epilogue includes a brief history of the paper through the mid-1980s. Appendix has a duty roster for the newspaper from 1942 to 1955.