During World War II, the truest glimpse most Americans got of the "real war" came through the flourishing black lines of twenty-two-year-old infantry sergeant Bill Mauldin. "Up Front" features the wise-cracking Willie and Joe, whose stooped shoulders, mud-soaked uniforms, and jargon of army slang and slum dialect bore witness to the world of combat. Bound in tan cloth that is faded, rubbed and bumped at spine edges. Green illustration of soldiers on front board, green lettering along spine. Endpages show sighs of paste action, foxed. No DJ present. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by soldiers on the first free endpaper after WWII.