European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse The Mediterranean continued from Page 15 head draw two or three weeks Worth of cartoons then Load up his jeep and head off again. A i spent a lot of time with the 45th div because that a where All my old friends were. But i got to know the other units pretty Well too. The 1st army div the 34th inf div and to a lesser degree the 3rd and the 36th inf divisions. I went where i was most comfortable and where i could soak up the the system worked. Mauldin a cartoon showing weary German pos being escorted by equally weary american troops would later win him the pulitzer prize. Ernie Pyle the syndicated columnist and dog face a Friend covered most of the italian Campaign often Side by Side with stars and stripes correspondents. In time he became pals with most of the staff and even wrote columns on Foisie and Mauldin with whom he was especially close. Pint sized and droll with a squeaky voice and a drinking problem Pyle firmly believed that the Only Way to cover a War was to stick close to the gis doing the fighting. Like Mauldin Pyle preferred to spend a week or More with a front line unit before heading to the rear to write. Head bang out enough columns to cover another week then return to the front. A the problem was that when head go Back to a unit for a visit maybe two or three months later and ask How Joe was or How the Captain was the answer was often a sorry sir they re dead a a the stars and stripes pulls co in Rome a mme Tom him Iii of Iii s in Rohe no if up As Allied forces Chase fleeing germans northward Vita Vita replaces old cheer for Duce Fri. Last Driad % Mimi m m m m my my Mumm Mem to a a top i m in by m 4 us Nta my in Nola m my Tat w to Bohol bcm4 Tito ass Mph my Bow wow my w a a my my m by Fri a la we mob m Mem mob a Imp Bari i. Mim it a my Mem am imm i Rimm m hmm my in a my i inf Mem m m my Momb a a. Mojo Jim wbb Mem my Jmst payt nor Weir res run cum web Al "kl�s5� Kymm Mutt by hmm my a a my i a a a rms do jew m m rom i Quot turn Mumm my new a a us Cwm m t everyone s mixed up but Happy Here today Ltd a m Mem a a i it a s. =. Saw a a a 1 4. V Row a a a a Amorn. I a it mfc1 v la lit imm. M a a tort a Ltd 1 a a a a a Jim my Mem m my or Mediterranean edition artist Greg Duncan. File top first . Troops enter Rome. Above the stripes contingent and friends on the first Day in Rome. From left Jim Roper of up Milton Lehman Paul Green Marty Harris George Dorsey and the bearded Milton Bracker of the new York times. File a you re right. The town has been occupied three Days a saturday april 18, 1992 50th anniversary special edition a Page 17 b it Mauld n. 1945
