European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Man Euver damage Wrath among the grapes. John Pyle was at his desks a Maccallum cover for the Arrow a four hour deluxe Job illustrated Story on history of Armor. He draws things by Jeff Maccallum staff writer John Pyle draws things but he in t an artist. The word artist has a special meaning to me Pyle said. When we were paint ing camouflage patterns on the jeeps Idrew the lines because i have a steady hand. One of the Guys from the motor Pool saw the paint Job and told me i was a Good artist. That sort of thing hurts. Right now isee myself As a military  the 21-year old military Illustrator from St. Charles mo., has done about 80 per cent of the covers for the 8th inf div newspaper the Arrow since coming to the information office at bad Kreuz Nach Germany in May 1972. His covers Range from a "15-minute Spe Cial to a four hour deluxe  Pyle finds himself limited by the materials  the army is less than cooperative in supplying his needs he said so  his paper pens and inks with his own Money in Art stores. He estimated cover expert is Busy writing too that each cover costs him about 50 cents. Recently a Friend gave him some draft ing pens and he finds them to be his Best tools. They re the Only thing that comes out with our reproduction  he admits to borrowing from other cartoonists work because taken in a different context from that originally used they add to the Impact of my work Pyle explained. In a Christmas Issue last year i used its. Flap and fuzz from Beetle Bailey " Pyle does t remember when he started drawing. But he s always been involved in some creative Field. Before coming into the army in 1971, he worked As a sculptor in a commercial studio in St. Charles. He enlisted for artillery but served Only one Day in the ." he said my first sergeant in Basic told me that when Ever i arrived at a Post to Tell the people there i could draw and Type. That Way i never have to worry about getting a line artillery Job. I Don t think i m better than Guys in Aline unit but i m doing More Here at the Arrow than i would be out  Pyle feels that there is a Lack of communication  Between the people at Headquarters and those in1 the  line trooper in t As stupid As most people think he is Pyle said. Our prob Lem is not getting out with these Guys enough. You Start to think of them As jus the people in the  recently spec. 4 Pyle spent two months with the division during training  going out with line units shocks Zouback to reality he said. When you see their living conditions and hear their re Marks you feel a certain amount of scepticism when told to write a Story glorifying the line troops. All you see out there is mud dirt and tired  during the past six months he has writ ten Many feature length stories in the Arrow As Well As drawing the  from a background of letters Home to  and school term papers Pyle has written. Prolifically about the problem faced by the soldiers and about their accomplishments. In the beginning i had a lot of trouble with stories not being right. I had no idea about army command information he said. More recently he has dispense with facts and figures where they bog Down a Story. I m trying to make fast paced easily read stories he said and then run facts and figures such As tank gunnery scores Ina separate  some of his pictures have been rejected for the Arrow because his Bosses Felt the were  one that he remembers Well was comic Book cover for the Arrow that poked gentle fun at two other division papers in Germany the 3rd inf div s frontline and the 3rd army div s rage 10 the stars and stripes sunday november 18, 1973 Rhead. Be editor of the bad Kreuz Nach of Pher a Zeiger daily newspaper saw of Pyle s drawings in the Arrow asked to run two of them in his Fer. Pyle sent him those that had Al by appeared and did one specializing for the German publication. Luring this same time a German Calen 1 company became interested in his a and contacted him for pictures to be \ for a 1974 Calendar his week Pyle won an individual project tie ship award from the German army Lebest newspaper article about therm in 1972. Be who leaves the army next july As sure of his future As he was a year Back then i would have said that Art my future but now i be been taken ,1  other Way John Pyle is out to prove theas mightier than the howitzer. This cover by Pyle concerned a Story on alcohol abuse. Sunday november 18, 1973 the stars and stripes Page 19