- Last Updated on Thursday, 09 May 2013 02:56
Peters Township Public Library and Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Park Post 764 are cosponsoring a book talk with author Todd DePastino on Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front on Thursday, May 9 from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. at the library.
At this special tribute to all veterans, DePastino will discuss the great World War II cartoonist Bill Mauldin, an army infantry sergeant who rocketed to fame at age twenty-two with his wildly popular feature "Up Front." Week after week, Mauldin defied army censors, German artillery, and General George Patton's pledge to throw him in jail for insubordination to deliver his grim depictions of war to "Stars and Stripes" and hundreds of homefront newspapers. There, readers followed the stories of Willie and Joe, two wise-cracking 'dogfaces' whose mud-caked uniforms and pidgin of army slang and slum dialect bore eloquent witness to the world of combat and the men who lived - and died - in it.
Register to attend this free program by emailing programs@ptlibrary.org or call 724.941.9430. A book signing and reception will follow the program. Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front by Todd DePastino will be available for purchase at the special event price of $10.
