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Large octavo bopund in black cloth, in original non price-clipped dust-jacket. 356pp., Bibliography. Illustrated with photographs and cartoons. First edition, first printing. A compendium of articles from “Yank”, published between 1942 and 1945. A weekly publication, “Yank” was written by, for and about the GI’s who fought the war, both in the European and Pacific theatres. An everyman’s evocation of what it was like to experience the war, this volume includes names familiar even to those who know little about the history of World War II, men such as William Saroyan, Andy Rooney, and George Baker. The latter, while not a household name, is better know through his legendary cartoon–Sad Sack. Private gift inscription [to a Battle of the Bulge survivor] on front end-paper. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Near fine [due only to inscription] in near fine dust-jacket.